Hon Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I want to strongly oppose the proposed amendment from a constitutional stand point. Article 116(1) and (2) of the Constitution is very clear on who has the legislative power in this country. At a time when this House is under vehement attack from the Judiciary, we cannot be appropriating our responsibility to the Executive. Giving power to the Cabinet Secretary to decide when a law should come into effect is an old way of legislating. That used to happen before the enactment of the current Constitution when members of the Cabinet used to be Members of ... view
• 2 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 2 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I do not know whether you find Hon. Jakoyo to be in order. The projects being done by the Jubilee administration are not projects for the Jubilee administration. They are projects for the posterity of this country. You cannot talk ill of the SGR, knowing it is headed to Western Kenya and Uganda. view
• 2 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: I wanted you to establish if it is in order. view
• 1 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. If the Leader of the Majority Party and Hon. Wamunyinyi can be quiet for a minute, I will give the clarity that the Member is asking for on the NHIF. He says he did not hear the justification clearly from the Leader of the Majority Party. The Leader of the Majority Party was talking about spurring development especially of residential housing units. What had happened is that under the Income Tax Act, the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) as a social security Fund has been included in the Schedule. Therefore, the income that they ... view
• 1 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: For instance, in their headquarters at Upper Hill, they have not occupied the whole building. They have rented out space to tenants and they are taxed on that income. In this country, we have been speaking about giving global healthcare to Kenyans and now NHIF is even giving healthcare facilities to our elderly people that are benefiting from the cash transfer programme. We just want to encourage them to continue with these investments without necessarily taxing them. I hope it is clear to Hon. Makali. view
• 1 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I want to join the Leader of the Majority Party in pleading with Hon. Jakoyo. I have heard the Leader of the Majority Party even entertaining this amendment in the Miscellaneous Statute Law for 2017. I encourage Jakoyo to propose it as a substantive Amendment Bill by itself. 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
• 1 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: The second thing is the contradiction in the amendment. We are just talking about Safaricom and Mpesa, while forgetting that even Equity now has Equitel in the same service of money transfer. Hon. Jakoyo, this is something that needs a lot of deliberation and we need to listen to all the stakeholders. Hon. Jakoyo, we are talking about loss of jobs in the banking sector. We are also not looking at the loss of jobs that will be occasioned by the many agents who operate view
• 1 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: and all the other agencies. view
• 1 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, lastly - and I appreciate what Hon. Jakoyo has said about Vodafone and local ownership - we forget that Vodafone owns a platform on which Mpesa is riding. Therefore, if we were to delink the two companies, basically, we will be looking at the collapse of Mpesa as a local innovation. Therefore, I plead with Hon. Jakoyo to withdraw this amendment and look at it more substantively. Let him allow Members of the House to look at it more substantively, besides the other stakeholders. view