Hon Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am sorry I have to interrupt the good lady Chair of Departmental Committee on Health. My point of order is on relevance. We are debating the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. What the Chairperson seems to be doing now is taking us back to her presentation before the Budget and Appropriations Committee prior to the submission of this Report. I have heard her justify the case for reallocating what was ring-fenced. The Leader of the Minority Party has gone into great lengths to explain to the House that these were funds that were ... view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Unlike the expectations of a few, I rise to support this Report. I know there are those who expect otherwise. Sorry to them. view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: I want to educate the Member for Baringo who has just finished speaking that if you withdraw Kshs1 million every day, you cannot spend Kshs1 billion for over 3 years. Simple arithmetic tells you that, that cannot happen. If you were to withdraw Kshs1 million every day from Kshs1 billion, you will only need three years which is Kshs365 million a year. view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Two, she has raised a pertinent issue on the question of Kshs5.8 billion that is going to the counties. It is also good to inform her that Kshs5.8 billion is part of what His Excellency the President promised and committed to counties before or at the time we were doing the Second Supplementary Budget. Therefore, that money has already been paid out under Article 223 of the Constitution. That is what Hon. Kimunya has told you. At the time the President announced that Kshs5.8 billion would be given to the counties, that money had not been appropriated. Therefore, that money ... view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Article 201 of our Constitution is also quite clear on the principles of public finance which we are speaking about now. Article 201(a) of the Constitution says that there shall be openness and accountability, including public participation in financial matters. Therefore, we, as a House 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
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: of procedures and the rule of law, must ask ourselves whether we adhere to Article 201 of the Constitution as we pass these third supplementary appropriations next week. Will they have gone through public participation in line with Article 201 of the Constitution and Public Finance Management (PFM) Act that we passed in this House? Those are questions that we must ask ourselves. Hon. Junet has said that we are in the era of handshake . It does not replace the Constitution and our statutes. We must adhere to the rule of law and our Constitution. view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: The other issue that I want to speak to is Kshs1.16 billion for Loiyangalani-Suswa line that the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Energy has spoken to. It is true the money has already been paid out. As the Member for Uriri, Hon. Nyamita, said, the Chair was not misleading the House. Maybe, it is the way he was explaining it. It is true the money has already been paid out. However, there is a resolution by this House that emanates from a resolution from a Report of the Departmental Committee on Energy that says that, that amount would not ... view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: This House has powers to negate its own resolutions. That would be the best way to clean it up, but we must be cautious on things that are paid under Article 223. I have mentioned here before that the Ruaraka Land Scandal came under Article 223. In the Financial Year 2017/2018, we approved Kshs5.7 billion for the Loiyangalani–Suswa High Voltage Power Line in the first Supplementary. This is Kshs5.7 billion shillings that was not going to provide power to the people of Kenya, but to pay for penalties for dimmed energy because we slackened in the implementation of Government projects. view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: That begs the question that Hon. Opiyo Wandayi raised, that when we bring all these supplementary budgets, we slow down the implementation of projects, create pending bills and create the kind of problems that we are seeing with Loiyangalani-Suswa Power Transmission Line. view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: With that, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to support the Committee’s Report and insist we be a House that follows the Constitution. view