Hon Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Speaker. Thank you. I rise under Standing Order No. 258 as read together with Standing Order No. 260. It is on a related matter to what Hon. Duale has raised on failure to attend sittings. As read together with Article 103(1)(b) and if you allow me to read the Constitution without just going to the Standing Orders, it says: “The office of a Member of Parliament becomes vacant – The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 14 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: if, during any session of Parliament, the member is absent from eight sittings of the relevant House without permission, in writing, from the Speaker, and is unable to offer a satisfactory explanation for the absence to the relevant committee.” The committee that the Constitution refers to is the Committee that you chair. It is the powers and privileges of Members of the House. The issue I am raising is related to what the Leader of the Majority Party raised because what we are seeing happened here with Hon. John Mbadi, Hon. Wanga, Hon. Simba Arati, Millie Odhiambo and many other ... view
• 14 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: by members of a party or a coalition. It is attendance by an individual Member. Responsibility in matters to do with attendance and compliance with the Constitution and all Standing Orders must be taken to the individual Member. I would also beg that you direct the Office of the Clerk to make sure that they make public the attendance of all the Members who have attended these four sittings. This should include this one so that those who are out there, including those who are competing with our colleagues in our constituencies... They might have forgotten there is a court ... view
• 13 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon Speaker. Let me also take this opportunity to first profoundly thank the great people of Kikuyu who in their wisdom and out of the favour of the Almighty God saw it fit to allow me to serve as the first unopposed Member of Parliament in this 12th Parliament. My very hearty and profound thanks go to the people of Kikuyu and, of course, to the Almighty God for that great favour that I saw. view
• 13 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: I want to speak briefly on just two issues. One is the need for peace and security in this country that the President spoke about at length. I take this opportunity to thank him for having taken the opportunity as he addressed this House yesterday to speak on peace and security in this country. Beyond everything else, that is one of the most cardinal responsibilities he has as a President: to protect life and property of Kenyans. I am sure Kenyans and the world at large know today that this country is in very safe hands, those of President Uhuru ... view
• 13 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: The other thing the President spoke about and which spoke to me at heart is the need for this august House to protect and defend the Constitution as we swore here when we took our oath of office. On that, I want to quote what the President said: “History places a profound responsibility on Members of this House to protect this Constitution and promote the democratic governance of the Republic.” He also spoke of the separation of powers of the three arms of Government being a critical constitutional principle in protecting the liberty of our people. That spoke to me ... view
• 13 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: If we are charged with the responsibility of protecting the liberty of our people that is also vested in what the President spoke about on the sanctity of the ballot, that is, the paper that the Kenyan voter goes out to mark to express his sovereign will as to who he wants to govern this country. Indeed, it is out of the sanctity of that ballot that every Member who is in this House is able to stand and speak on account of the powers that are given to us by the people of this great country. view
• 13 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: The President went out to affirm that in as much as we respect the functional independence of the three arms of Government, we must work together. However, I was taken aback that as much as I know your office and that of the Clerk had invited all the arms Government, one arm was not represented in this House. The President has shown his magnanimity when he said that he does not agree with the decision of the Supreme Court but he respects it. That is the functional independence the President is asking us and the country to respect. He is ... view
• 13 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: The other thing that was in that speech is what has been said. As much as we respect one another’s functional independence each of the arms of Government and more so the independent constitutional commissions… Anybody who holds office in any of the arms of Government must be firm to make sure that nobody, whether foreign powers or foreign agencies, or evil and civil societies inside or outside this country are controlling us in any way. I have no fear of contradiction to say from this House that one of these arms of Government, especially the Judiciary, has a case ... view
• 13 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: It is indeed true and a fact of life that there are civil and evil societies that are in a way influencing decisions in our Judiciary through lazy judges who are not researching… view