Hon Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: I am much obliged, Hon. Chairman. view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairman. But for the record, let me withdraw that bit. It was on a light note. I was referring to what the Chief Minority Whip whispered, together with Hon. Mule. Hon. Chairman, let me thank the Leader of Majority because, indeed, Members will notice that there is a Supplementary Order Paper, which has a Schedule that reflects different figures from what was there in the original Schedule that was passed in the Report. This is occasioned by changes that are contained in this letter, which was basically occasioned by the Executive Order from the President that moved ... view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: I wish to table the letter dated 8th June 2020 from the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury, Amb. Ukur Yatani. This letter explains the contents of a letter from the Head of Public Service, which basically communicated Executive Order No.1 of 2020. All the changes that Members will notice in the Schedule are as a consequent of this letter. view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Speaker. I want to join my colleagues to thank you for a very well-reasoned Communication. I take two things from it as Hon. Junet has said. He said he wanted to de-whip Members whimsically. First, we appreciate that our Commissioners are nominated to serve in the Commission by political parties. Second, they are serving in a constitutional Commission that is not less of any constitutional commission like the JSC. I want to thank you because, as the Speaker of the National Assembly, you have shown the country that we can be governed by the rule of law. view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: That, as a House, we adhere to our rules, the Constitution and procedures; unlike some other Houses that I do not wish to talk about at this time. However, a question that begs in my mind is the role of our political parties in our democracy. We are in a democratic country where we are nominated to run on political seats through political parties. We are not nominees of political parties per se in terms of a party like in jurisdictions like Rwanda, where people go to the ballot to vote for a party that then appoints The electronic version ... view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Members to represent people in Parliament. We are here as the representatives of the people. Our first bosses are the people of Kenya. Political parties are important in our democracy, but in this day and age, we must guard against the tyranny of dictatorship by political parties. view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Not tyranny of numbers but tyranny of dictatorship by political parties. We must always appreciate that we are here as peoples’ representatives. As much as we came into this House through political parties, we must appreciate that people went to the ballot to vote for individuals who were sponsored by political parties. In your ruling, I am glad that you appreciate that, as much as a political party has nominated an appointee to serve in a Commission, that Commissioner then comes to serve the House. The commissioner was not appointed in a Parliamentary Group meeting of that party, but the ... view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Chairman. view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, I want to inform the House. I have seen a number of questions as to whether the National Government-Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) Vote was interfered with. As the Budget and Appropriations Committee, we made sure that the NG-CDF Vote remained as it were without the proposed deduction of Kshs9 billion by the National Treasury in the Annual Budget Estimates tabled in this House. view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: We brought back the Kshs9 billion to make sure that we are in line and in compliance with the Act as it is. I want to inform the National Treasury and the Executive that the NG-CDF is not a Fund for Members of Parliament (MPs), because it relates to the national Government development projects in constituencies. It has nothing to do with MPs. It is important that as we begin the new Financial Year, if there is anything that will help stimulate the economy, then it is money that goes The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for ... view