Anthony Githiaka Kiai

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as set out in Article 1(1), all the sovereign power belongs to the people and that sovereign power can be exercised through duly elected representatives or by the people themselves. I am not lost to the fact that Article 93 of the Constitution also sets up Parliament and one of its functions is to make laws. Remember Article 1 gives the constituent power to the people of this country. This is where the popular initiative which is christened as BBI comes in. When I look at the intended Bill, I realise that besides saving a constituency ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is also the issue of the Ward Fund which will be given to the Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs). It is an equivalent of the NG-CDF that is given to the MPs. That ensures that every ward in this country has some minimum budget that will be used in accordance with the whims and aspirations of the people. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Another good point of the BBI is the fact the NG-CDF has been anchored in the Constitution. You realise if you go throughout this country, most of the projects that have been a game changer in terms of development have been done by the NG-CDF. Therefore, when we have a country that has Ward Fund and the NG-CDF, it means much more money is devolved to the counties, grassroots and the citizenry. The NG-CDF has been a subject of so many law suits. Time and again it has been declared illegal. It has been said to be duplicating the devolution ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: questioning the legality of the NG-CDF will be solved and so Kenyans can continue enjoying the fruits of NG-CDF. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Another issue that is of great importance is ensuring that the Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) will come from Parliament. Nothing is as hard as a Member of Parliament sitting in a CS’s lobby, trying to lobby for a project or for some funds to actualise some development in his constituency. The fact that Members of the Cabinet will be got from this Parliament means that the process of answering questions that relate and touches on MPs will be faster. It will be much more transparent because it will be done on the Floor of the House. It also ensures that all ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Ichung’wah is telling me that I am running out of time. view
• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the Bill as presented by the sponsor. view
• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the Bill as presented by the Chairperson, Hon. Koinange. From the outset, I support the Bill. Clause 4 of the Bill talks about categorising the rummage and the amount of drug which is also made to correspond with the penalty. In fact, what it basically captures is that it has enhanced the penalties unlike in the previous Act. It also ropes in the manufacturers and transporters. Transporters are the biggest problem because that is how the drug network is created. There is still a drug called bennies in South America ... view
• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: universities and colleges of higher learning as it has already been pointed out. Some of the reasons these young people are taking drugs is to escape from reality and the harshness of the current life. As they do that, unknowingly, they get addicted. Some of the areas that we need to look at very carefully, maybe at the Third Stage, are this idea of punishing those small consumers. It must be noted that once you get addicted, getting out of it is very hard. I would suggest that, perhaps, part of the fines and penalties that are imposed on the ... view
• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: In fact, I remember when I came across this Act when it was first introduced in 1994; it happened that the courts were under a lot of pressure to interpret this Act. There was a situation where even those small addicted bhang consumers were being taken in for 10 or 15 years. It had in fact prescribed a minimum sentence for such people. I find it very harsh where an addicted hoipolloi out there is fined Kshs10 million yet he cannot raise that. We must balance up between these young people being taken to jail and these young broke consumers ... view