Hon Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, it is not really a point of order per se, but to take this opportunity to profoundly thank you for that Communication. It offers very good guidance to the House in terms of how we conduct business. Hon. Speaker, more importantly, is your resolve to stick to our own rules and procedures in this House as enumerated in our Standing Orders, and also to show that this country is governed by the rule of law. Let me also take this opportunity--- You have referred in your Communication to leaders who have served in this House, including the President ... view
• 12 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: From your Communication, it is quite clear that the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition is not just leaderless in the House, but even outside. That is because it is the leadership within that coalition that would have provided leadership to our able colleagues in this House. I would ask our able colleagues who are serving in this House to ask their leadership outside this House to, at least, have a clue as to the provisions of our Constitution and Standing Orders, so that they can ably guide the Members in this House. We have got very many able Members on ... view
• 12 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. view
• 12 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am rising on a point of order on a matter I consider very important on the security of Members of Parliament. In line with your earlier Communication and also as Chair of PSC, I strongly feel that at times, in view of the happenings in the recent past, Members may not be very secure. I am even not certain whether the Inspector- General has been able to avail security to all Members of Parliament and, more so, the new ones. Not just in the Chamber but also within the precincts of Parliament. I did witness, ... view
• 12 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am also concerned because I have observed in the recent past that a number of our colleagues from the Minority Party have been making technical appearances in this Chamber and then walking out, leaving this House with Members of the governing Jubilee Coalition. It concerns me because I have also heard very subversive inciteful words being uttered by the Members of the same coalition outside this House, and some within the precincts of this House. It becomes a matter of concern to me. I was asking myself how secure we are as Members of one coalition sitting ... view
• 12 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Jubilee Coalition. I know they are desperate to decimate our numbers in this House and the Senate since we have a commanding lead in numbers. Therefore, I wanted your assurance that, as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Service Commission you will ensure that Members in this House from both sides of the coalition are secure within the precincts of Parliament. view
• 12 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: I take note that this morning, the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for the Interior and Coordination of National Government and the Inspector-General (IG) sort to designate areas where people can picket and demonstrate in and around this city and other parts of the country. In the same light, it is very important and critical that you, as the Chairman of the PSC, also designate a place that will not put Members of Parliament in danger of such demonstrators. It will be a place where anybody who intends to picket or demonstrate outside Parliament is designated a corner away from the gates ... view
• 12 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: We must also not be blind to what has been happening in the recent demonstrations in this city. Yesterday, you saw the church building right next to Parliament, Bishop Cardinal Otunga Tower, being stoned. Cars inside All Saints Cathedral church compound were stoned. Hon. Speaker, I can hear a funny noise, and I am even more concerned. view
• 12 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Is it the rain? It is too heavy, Hon. Speaker, but it is okay. You can see the anxiety. I get concerned when I notice it is only Members of the Jubilee Coalition who sit in this Chamber, and who are, at certain times of the day, within the precincts of Parliament after the Members of the Opposition have made their technical appearance. If we are allowing demonstrators at the gates of Parliament and every other person to access Parliament, we are putting the lives of these Members of Parliament in grave danger. view
• 12 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: I was talking about the demonstrations outside Parliament yesterday. The I-G and the CS have spoken out against these demonstrations, and it is critical. I heard Hon. Olago Aluoch here when he rose on a point of order to speak about this country burning out there. I could not help asking myself: “Who wants to burn this country?” If there is anything that these people know from the other side of the political divide, they would rather come out clearly and tell us. It is clear from the purported withdrawal from the elections the day before yesterday by the NASA ... view