Hon Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: to Questions, Petitions and Statements from this particular Committee. That is an issue that the House ought to discuss. I agree with what my brother, Hon. Wambugu Ngunjiri is saying, that maybe, the issues that we are discussing here are not for the Floor of the House. More substantively, the issue of committees delaying business that belongs to the House is a matter that we ought to discuss. I know this is a matter that I should be raising, and it has been raised. The Leader of the Majority Party is in the Liaison Committee. The Vice-Chair is also here. ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I forgot my card in the coat I was wearing yesterday. I stand to support the Motion by the Committee on Delegated Legislation. A number of issues have been raised. I do not know whether to call one of them an allegation or contention that we are moving our debt ceiling from 50 per cent of GDP to what the Member for Wajir South was saying, unspecified figure. It is specified. It is Kshs9 trillion. When you are being called upon to move the ceiling to Kshs9 trillion, what are you being asked to do? We ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: to finance the development projects that we want in our neighborhood. Projects have been mentioned like the Dongo Kundu, Likoni Bridge, and Marua-Sagana-Nyeri-Isiolo Road that will cost almost Kshs28 billion. We cannot raise this money from our revenue unless we borrow. As we speak, I think the Government has just been honest to say that, indeed, we have burst our debt ceiling. This means that even the budget that we passed in June 2019 is not implementable without opening this debt ceiling. The current Acting Cabinet Secretary and the Permanent Secretary for the National Treasury today cannot negotiate to borrow ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, as leaders, we must be the ones showing our people the way. We have been told that our people are complaining that the economy is bad. Yes it is, but it is not because we are borrowing or we have exceeded the debt ceiling, but because there is no liquidity in the economy because the Government is not spending. Since when did you see in this country a situation where almost on the 10th October, not even a single shilling for development expenditure has been sent out to Government ministries? Even for the Constituency Development Fund. Those who ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, lastly, it is about the issues that have been raised on domestic debt. We have crowded completely our SMEs and the private sector from borrowing from the domestic market. One of the perfect solutions to stop the Government from borrowing from the domestic market is to externalise most of our debt. We shall do that through the opening up of the ceiling to externalise most of our debt, borrow cheaply from outside and allow the domestic financial market to lend to our SMEs and the private sector. That will put money in Wanjiku’s pocket. When we go back ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: And the Kitui-Kibwezi Road that Hon. Nyamai is speaking about. I, therefore, want to beg and plead with the Members of this House. Lastly, let me speak to something that transpired yesterday. I am aware that there are those Members who have asked about the amendment that is here and we have had consultations. Because of what we said that there ought to be certainty and a good timeline, what had informed that particular amendment was to cascade about Kshs7.5 trillion to June 2022. But the National Treasury has explained that they want certainty as they negotiate with multilateral institutions. ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also wish to support the Statement by Hon. Didmus. Hon. Speaker, with regard to what you are being asked to give direction on, Standing Order No.42 is quite clear. I have just been perusing through it. The drafters of these Standing Orders did not envisage any other position other than that of the CS and, in his absence, the PS. The question that we should be asking ourselves is: When we ask questions as one arm of Government, whom do we ask? We do not ask administrative secretary questions. We ask someone with executive powers ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: the CS and his Director-Generals were in this Chamber in a Joint Committee sitting with the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, there is no reason why - after the President has created a position of Administrative Secretary to assist the CS and PS on administrative matters - they would appear pretending to answer questions before committees of Parliament. Hon. Speaker, it is up to you and your office to safeguard the dignity and honour of this House by stating clearly what is in our Standing Orders. Only a CS or a PS can appear before a committee of ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: I beg that you put your foot down so that only CSs and PSs can and should answer questions before committees of Parliament. view
• 1 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. view