Hon Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am on record before this Bill came to this House saying that I had read in the media that there was a Bill that had been published by the Senate called the Division of Revenue Bill. From traditions and precedence set from 2013, the genesis of the Division of Revenue Bill has been the National Assembly and it has not been in vain. Article 95(4) of the Constitution clearly stipulates that it is the National Assembly that shall determine the allocation of revenue between the two levels of Government. Article 96(3) speaks to the County Allocation of ... view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: The question then that begs an answer is whether this Bill is constitutionally before this House after having emanated from the Senate. This is a question that is open to debate and I beg that even as we consider this Bill, we consider it. Hon. Speaker, the House is aware that this is among the matters that are before the Judiciary or in court with the Senate seeking advisory opinions. With all due respect to our Judiciary, we have listened and heard the arguments advanced in court. We have also heard some of the questions raised by members of the ... view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: It is important that we determine that question now just for avoidance of creating anarchy in the conduct of business. Parliament as a whole - both the National Assembly and the Senate - ought to conduct their business in an orderly way. That is why we are always reminded that this The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: is a House of procedure. Therefore, the procedures we have set since the advent of the Constitution are that, procedurally, the Division of Revenue Bill has been initiated from this House before it moves to the Senate. I think this is something you need to guide the House so that, even in future, there is no anarchy. view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: I know Article 218 of the Constitution exempts the Division of Revenue Bill and the County Allocation of Revenue Bill from being money Bills. Therefore, these Bills are not in the strict sense of Article 114, money Bills that must strictly emanate from this House. I think a careful reading of Article 95(4) tells us that the authors of the Constitution must have intended that the Division of Revenue Bill will be initiated by the National Assembly. That is why it was clearly put in text that the National Assembly shall determine. We must, therefore, as a House and Parliament, ... view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: If the Senate cannot determine, it is the National Assembly to determine the allocation of revenue between the two levels of Government. Then, it speaks volumes to our role as the people who should initiate and, in actual sense, determine how much goes to each level of Government. As we look at the Bill and debate goes on, you have heard many of us being called enemies of devolution. I am surprised that, as we speak about how we are sharing revenue today, nobody is speaking about how that revenue will be raised. We must tell Kenyans the truth that ... view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Therefore, I want Kenyans to be alive to the fact that, as we are speaking about the Division of Revenue Bill, this revenue speaks to taxes and further taxation of Kenyans who are suffering from very hard economic times. When the Senate did the Division of Revenue Bill (Senate Bill No.13 of 2019), they maintained the shareable revenue as was projected at Kshs1.878 trillion as the national equitable share between the two levels of Government. Members should note that there are a few differences between what we had done in the first Division of Revenue Bill which we passed. For ... view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Allow me to ask a question if, indeed, the Senate is charged with the responsibility of protecting county governments and devolution. This Kshs6.2 billion is not money that has been allocated to any other function other than a function of devolved government. This is at a time when the national debate is on cancer epidemic in this country. Part of the measures the Government took in 2014 was to ensure that we equip our hospitals to enable early diagnosis of cancer and other ailments, in support of devolution. It is, therefore, ironical that the same Senate which should be protecting ... view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: machines and computer tomography (CT) scan machines which are cancer screening machines in our counties. It means the owners of the leased equipment tomorrow, without this allocation, can pull their equipment away from our county hospitals. Therefore, if you are talking about people killing devolution, then it should be clear to Kenyans who is protecting devolution and who are killing it. As I said, we considered this Bill in as much as we had constitutional questions in our minds. That is why I thought it was important to raise them. As we considered it, we noticed they had removed this ... view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. At the beginning, I said that even as I seek to move this Bill, there are pertinent constitutional issues that this House must address itself to. Therefore, I was just highlighting some of the issues in the Bill to inform the House as to the pertinent issues. I have alluded to some of those issues that relate to Article The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view