Hon Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: I do not know why hon. Mbadi is not patient to allow me to seek your guidance, hon. Speaker. view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: If you look at the provisions of Article 112 of our Constitution on the question of rejection and acceptance of Bills emanating from the other House, I am inclined to believe that I would be safer as a Member of the National Assembly with our CDF funds in rejecting this Bill and allowing--- view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the Standing Order No.33(1), I seek leave to move a Motion for adjournment of the House for the purpose of discussing the ongoing traffic congestion in the City of Nairobi, which this morning has brought a lot of disorder, caused disruptions and a lot of interruptions of City operations and the national economy. view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Aware that under Paragraph 18 of the Fourth Schedule of our Constitution, road traffic is a function of the national Government, I will seek to address the concerns on the public transport system and blocking of all major highways leading in and out of the Central Business District this morning by matatu operators. This brought the capital City’s economy to a standstill and has caused disruption of our security as a nation and the national economy as a whole. I wish to urge the National Treasury and the relevant Ministry to ensure that all taxes and levies being levied by ... view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Bill as it. However, as it has been mentioned by a few Members, there may be one or two Articles and I think hon. Limo mentioned, namely, 4, 91(b) and 91(c) on the establishment of sub-counties and ward level sub-committees. I would also support an amendment on that. view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: However, I support this Bill for a number of reasons. One, being what has been said by a few Members in this House that this is a ploy by the Senate of the Republic of Kenya to hoodwink Members of this Assembly into supporting what has been called their dog fight with the governors. That is a line of thought that I cannot buy. The Members of this National Assembly are intelligent enough to articulate the issues that are there between the county governments and the national Government. Indeed, this Bill, as has been put by the drafter from the ... view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: That is far from the truth because this Bill is not proposing that the Senators and the members of the county assemblies or Members of the National Assembly in the counties sit in the Executive of the county governments. The governor and his County Executive Committee will still be in charge of the implementation of all the executive decisions at the county level. Our Constitution gives us, as the representatives of the people, a mandate to provide oversight over the Government, be it at the national level or at the county level. Therefore, we must not run away from that ... view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Therefore, let us not be hoodwinked by those who would want us to believe that by supporting this Bill, we will be doing anything to negate the separation of powers 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
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: between the Legislature and the Executive. The Executive at the county government, we must understand, is the governor and the County Executive Committee just like at the national level, the Executive is the President and his Cabinet. That does not absolve Members of this National Assembly and the Senate from participating in the Budget- making process where we prioritize projects and consult with these Cabinet Secretaries at the Budget and Appropriations Committee. We do that as a Legislature. Therefore, there is nothing different from what this Bill is proposing. It is simply that. The governor and this Executive Committee will ... view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Therefore, I wish to appeal to this House to support this Bill because it is a good Bill. I know there are those again who have some fears that we will get ourselves muddled into the dirt that many of these governors have got into. For sure, there are those of us in this country who will not even wish to share a table with some of these governors. But in the interest of the people that we represent, I will share that table with any governor. The people of this country are facing many problems, including the Members of ... view