Hon Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah

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• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: (c) by deleting paragraph 5. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: This is basically to create some clarity on the grounds upon which the offices of the members of the Board can become vacant. These amendments also ensure that vacation from office is on justifiable grounds. They also ensure that there is no deadlock in the decision-making by ensuring that the quorum is five out of the nine members of the Board, such that you are not left with a dysfunctional board as was the case with the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission at some point before we approved the appointment of the four new nominees. The amendments also seek to ... view
• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: ( Spoke off-record) view
• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I really want to sympathise with Hon. Omboko. But it is also not true that it is only teachers who are being removed because even faith-based organisations had representatives and they have lost their representation on the Board. The fact that we have an umbrella body of employers, the FKE, on which the TSC qualifies to sit in, and the umbrella body representing unions, COTU, that teachers can join, I think they are well represented. In principle, because I had an amendment similar to that of Hon. Mbadi, we had an extensive engagement with the Chair ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, indeed, I got a copy of the response this morning. As much as I agree with the Chair of the Committee, there are issues that are cross-cutting. They have to do with the Immigration Department. I am happy that data has been provided from the Department of Immigration, showing that that slightly over 200 Kenyans have been able to access the People’s Republic of China in the last one year. On the converse, close to 3,000 Chinese have been able to access our country and transact business. However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is trying to run away ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, you are aware that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has Trade Attaches in each and every Embassy of our Republic abroad. Indeed, on some of the data they claim they could not get, including data on volume of trade transacted by Kenyans in China and by Chinese in Kenya, I find it dissatisfying because it is data that is easily available. I raised this request on19th August, 2021. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am aware that the Committee did not meet with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday. Therefore, to purport to be hiding behind Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is, indeed, unsatisfactory. It points to the key things that we should address. I expected the Chairperson and the Committee together with the Ministry to address the hurdles stopping Kenyan businesspeople from accessing the Chinese market and travelling to China. Once the Chair tables the Statement, Members will be able to see that there is a contention that this is the way it is around the world. The Committee oversees the ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am well guided. I want to mention before the House that your statement is true: the Chinese population compared to ours, in relative terms, might be a justifiable cause. However, I expect the Chairman and the Committee to give us the number of Kenyans who have sought to travel to China but have been unable to. I would like to seek the reasons why our Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not exercising that policy of reciprocity in our engagement with the Chinese people. This is because our people are suffering. You are also aware that ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: State and as the people's representatives, we must pick on issues that touch on our people and not the Chinese people. I will be happy to appear before the Committee. I was shocked this morning when the Clerk called me and communicated that they had received a written response last night. I was surprised that the Chairman had not invited me. This is because we have data of Kenyans who sought to travel but have been unable to. It is good and I appreciate that we now have the Sinopharm vaccine from the People's Republic of China. It is good ... view
• 21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to also support the Petition by Hon. Mule and the one by the other petitioners, although I do not want to join in the chorus of giving excuses for ourselves. First, we must begin by asking ourselves as a House whether it is not time to amend Article 115(4) of the Constitution that gives the President the powers to legislate through the backdoor. You remember it is on record in the Hansard that this House voted to defeat the infamous 8 per cent and 16 per cent VAT on fuel. However, through veto powers ... view