Hon Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1951 to 1960 of 3232.

• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Those are the issues that we need to deal with. The long and short of it is that I fully support the amendment by the Committee. It will help Kenyans to have a sustainable economic growth with checked interest rates in this country. view
• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I intend to withdraw that amendment on the basis of having consulted with the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Sports, Culture and Tourism, Hon. Munyaka, who is here and can confirm that. As I had articulated yesterday when I was contributing to this Bill, there are other amendments that I intended to carry together with this amendment pertaining to advertisements on betting, lotteries and gaming, especially on what is perceived to be ‘fake winners’. I have consulted with the Chair of the Committee and we have agreed because he has a substantive Bill that will ... view
• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I appreciate the concurrence from the National Treasury. As I rise to support the Finance Bill, I have reservations and I hope Hon. Jude Njomo will speak to some of the reservations again that the National Treasury has expressed, especially on the proposed amendments on the Banking and Capping Law, in relation to the provision that 10 per cent of all monies be set aside for lending to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). I have had occasion to read the reservation by the National Treasury. It does not make sense to me because we, as a ... view
• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I do not think even the National Treasury should curtail it. I also take this opportunity, besides congratulating you on your election as Chairman of the CPA… I was wondering when Members were congratulating you whether we should now be referring to you as Your Majesty, now that the patron is a Queen who we refer to as Her Majesty. view
• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: In the earlier debate, before I get to matters of the Finance Bill, on the question that had been raised by Hon. Otiende Amollo; I think your considered guidance on that matter is very important. This House should not be guided by other forces out there. Maybe Hon. Otiende Amollo is still living in his past where he lived in the court rooms and elsewhere. It is rather shameful and very embarrassing that a Member of Parliament (MP) can purport to bring proposals to this House to curtail our own powers to legislate. The Judiciary makes decisions and judgement based ... view
• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Therefore, I would encourage Hon. Otiende Amollo to also legislate and work as an MP without reference to other busybodies out there. On matters of interest on capping… view
• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker… view
• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I was not referring to a particular Member. I only said that it would be shameful even for me, as a Member of Parliament, to purport to curtail the powers of the House in terms of matters of legislation. 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
• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I now move on the issue of the interest rate capping. This is a matter that came up in this House through a Bill that was introduced by Hon. Jude Njomo; who happens to hail from my county, Kiambu. As the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, I have had occasion to interact with the representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank on the matter. I have also conversed with the Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) as well as with various stakeholders in the banking industry. I can tell you that all ... view
• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Njomo has brought to increase the capitalisation of commercial banks by 2021 to ensure that we have sufficiently capitalised banks that can give affordable credit to Kenyans. I, therefore, request Members to support this proposal. The other issue I want to raise is one that Kenyans have probably been looking upon this House to save them from that. That is the issue of charging Value Added Tax (VAT) on petroleum fuel. Maybe, it is lost on Kenyans that this matter is not in this Finance Bill. Therefore, we may not deal with it within the provisions of this Finance Bill. ... view