Anthony Githiaka Kiai

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thank you for the opportunity. I support the Bill. The Bill intends to make it easier and bring together all the documents that relate to citizens and non-citizens of this country. As it has already been said, you already have the foundational and functional systems, and both of them are not connected. The foundational ones are like the general identification documents like the ID cards and birth certificates while the other functional ones are like the Huduma Namba cards. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, perhaps, you have more cards in your wallet than the cash you ... view
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: I appreciate his sentiments and I need not add any further issue. It is only that I wish you the very best when you will be campaigning. I wish to see you back in this august House this year. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support this very credible and important piece of legislation. You will realise that the amendment is intended to make sure that women, the youth and PWDs are exempted from paying the prescribed fees for categories 6, 7 and 8. It also recognises women, the youth and PWDs as a marginalised group. In essence, this is affirmative action to ensure that there are opportunities available in the construction industry, and they are well spread out. Currently, the situation is that only the big boys are involved in those big tenders in Government ... view
• 6 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: he is less competent. That is what this amendment Bill is trying to do. We need to ensure that we bring them to a level playing ground, where they will have easy and equitable access to opportunities that are accorded by the construction industry. As for women, they are an integral part of our society. When it comes to the construction industry, most of the work is done by men. You cannot compete with men when it comes to building and construction. It is only fair that women are afforded an opportunity to compete effectively with men in the construction ... view
• 2 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The NG-CDF is the lifeline of any Member of Parliament. The situation we find ourselves in is that we cannot pay the contractors who are doing diverse projects in our constituencies. This is a critical time when the NG-CDF must be seen to be functioning on the ground. It is the only tool that MPs use to ensure that they relate with the people out there. So, it is in order that the Hon. Leader of the Majority Party, and the NG-CDF Chairman, ensures that this money is released before anything else is discussed in ... view
• 24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance. I rise to support the Bill. I have known KIRDI for some time now. It has been around for some decades. It is unfortunate that this pre-eminent institution has not had a legal framework to support it. Having this Bill before Parliament today is a big stride in the right direction as it seeks to ensure that the Institute is anchored in law as opposed to the current situation where it is a mere appendage of a certain Ministry. As it is, the Institute does not have legal autonomy ... view
• 24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: simple but very effective items. Why should we import toothpicks from China, and clothes and motor vehicles from other countries? We must dream big. We can only do so by ensuring that KIRDI is protected and given the legal foundation upon which to be ground. A government’s support of innovation for reduction of unemployment is also critical. I had a chance to visit KIRDI in Industrial Area about three years ago with my team. I was impressed by what was happening there. They are a hub for cottage industries. I saw young people making pure honey, manufacturing banana flour, cassava ... view
• 24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: We have to do away with KIRDI as it is now, a department of a ministry somewhere, and make it autonomous. By making it autonomous, it would mean that it will be independent to hire its own experts to spur innovation. It will be free to collaborate with universities and other institutions of research. The research can be localised in such a way that it can jumpstart the economy and reduce the rate of unemployment. It is not that we do not have innovative young people, but they do not know where to go. There is no Government department to ... view
• 17 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support the Community Groups Registration Bill. The Bill is for an Act of Parliament to provide for a regulatory framework for the registration and regulation of community groups and for connected purposes. The Bill provides that the groups will be formed by members from the same geographical area and those that share a common vision. So, it presupposes that there is homogeneity of interests and individuals. Groups in the country have been the fulcrum of the rural economy. They are the drivers of the rural economy. That is how people come together with ... view
• 17 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: I know of many groups that are funded by the World Bank through a programme called the Kenya Climate Change Action (KCCA). These groups have really changed their livelihoods through cultivation of bananas. They have come up with small irrigation schemes that ensure flow of water throughout the year. They have come up with self-help groups that rear poultry, sheep and goats for milk. They have also come up with many innovative ideas of how to uplift their living standards, including buying water harvesting tanks for each other. view