Hon Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah

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• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: The other issue that I must appreciate the Committee for doing is touching on the issue of deleting Clause 20 that sought to remove the role that this House plays in subsidiary legislation. It has become customary in this country to continue to claw onto the mandate and responsibilities of the Houses of Parliament by the Executive. Clause 20 was in furtherance of that State capture or the Executive capture of the Legislature. I must thank the Committee because it has led this House in denying the Executive the opportunity to capture the Legislature further. In view of that, if ... view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: country, the Cabinet Secretary or anybody in the National Treasury can sit and on their own volition or at the instigation of other forces out there, decide to give remission on duty on even sinful things like beer, cigarettes and wines. I am not saying those who partake of those things should not partake them, but these are rich men and women. These are people who can afford all these commodities irrespective of how much you tax them. Therefore, I intend to bring amendments to ensure that approval of any remission on duty on beer, wines, cigarettes and all those ... view
• 22 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: In conclusion, we have no business being here if we will continue to allow the Government to continue taxing more money on fuel and cooking gas. For example, the 8 per cent Value Added Tax put on fuel and the VAT proposal on cooking gas. view
• 16 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: It is a contribution. view
• 16 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: It is a contribution cum point of order. 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
• 16 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Let me choose a point of order. I do not want to interrupt the Chair because I understand what he has to go through, especially this time being the Chair emeritus . view
• 16 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, it is only fair that he explains to us exactly what programme he is moving money from, which programme he is taking it to and the reason, when it comes to amendments. view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also rise to contribute to this Motion on the approval of the Budget Estimates and the Committee’s Report. Let me begin by thanking the Budget and Appropriations Committee. As the Chairperson emeritus, I appreciate the enormous work that Members sat through during this period. It is a very stressing time for them and they, indeed, dedicate a lot of their time from their busy schedules in the constituencies to commit to this work of budget-making process. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Just to begin with where the Leader of the Minority Party has stopped on the role that this House plays in the budget-making process, the National Treasury and the Executive must understand that the Constitution clearly gives the power of the purse and the work of approving the Budget to this House. Indeed, it is quite clear from the actions of the National Treasury that they expect that this House will simply rubberstamp Budget Estimates as they come. Even Members who are not Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, but sit in the Departmental Committees spend a lot of ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: uncertainty as to whether or not, there will be a referendum in this country, you will be forgiven to ask whether we can say with certainty that there shall be a stable political environment and that, certainly, this country will not have any political interferences in terms of economic recovery. Secondly, assuming that there will be growth in external demand of our goods and services, it is still uncertain to tell even in the most developed economies in the world who are doing inoculation on their populations, whether there will be demand for our goods and services. view