Hon Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah

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• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I agree with the position taken by the Leader of the Majority Party and the National Treasury to support the deletion by the Chair. I want to speak on the cost of power. Unless we attract investors to the power sector to bring down our cost of power, which is one of the key drivers of the manufacturing agenda of our Big Four Agenda… We will achieve the Big Four Agenda without producing cheap power. And not just cheap power for manufacturers but even for consumers in homes. The cost of power is still ... view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: As the Leader of the Majority Party has said and the position taken by the National Treasury, we should not be seen to be overgenerous with tax incentives to the Special Economic Zones. They are already enjoying a lot of benefits for operating in those zones. Therefore, it makes a lot of sense to share the gain with those investing in the power sector. Even those within the Special Economic Zones will still enjoy the low cost of power that will be produced under this proposed amendment by the Chair. view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I beg to support. view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to support for that basic reason that it is, indeed, true. I have a pharmaceutical company operating from Kikuyu and in the last three to four years, they have really suffered because of the medicine produced in Tanzania. Even small economies like that of Zambia, people produce medicines cheaply, even transport it to Kenya and sell it cheaper. Therefore, I support the amendment as proposed by the Chair. view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I wish to support that amendment. As the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning has mentioned, we are talking about the manufacturing sector of our economy. All of us are drivers and many of the batteries we use in this country are Chinese made. Manufacturers in our neighbouring country of Tanzania manufacture cheaper batteries and sell them here at the expense of our local manufacturers. I fully agree with the Chair that this will give new gravitas and impetus to the manufacturing of batteries locally, not just to create employment, but also ... view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to fully support the amendment. view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Before I second, I just want your confirmation that this will not prejudice me from speaking to this Motion because I want to move a further amendment. view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wanted that confirmation because there is a further amendment that I had discussed with the Chair which I intend to move tomorrow. I support the proposed amendment by the Chair where she says clearly that it was pursuant to the mood of the House. I clearly shared those views that we should not be seen as a House to be punishing EACC in the course of their work as an investigative agency. Since this matter is still under investigations by the EACC and we are bringing the Directorate of Criminal Investigation into it, ... view
• 26 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, as much as I appreciate what you are saying, I would seek your guidance as Chair of the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). In this day and age, and I am saying that because I put my card in my shirt pocket last Thursday and I must have misplaced it somewhere at home, I am wondering with the biometric registration that we have done to get into the Chamber, is it not possible for the PSC to have the same sort of setup even for those gadgets such that we do not have to continue carrying cards? view
• 26 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: 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