Hon Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. In replying, again, let me take this opportunity, in a very special way, to thank the Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, the Parliamentary Budget Office and the entire House for the support throughout this budget-making process of the 2020/2021 Financial Year. This being my last Budget to oversee as the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, I also thank, in a very special way, all the 26 Members, including myself, of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I thank all the Members I worked with for the last three years, for the immense support ... view
• 9 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, you will appreciate from where you sit and many Members will appreciate too that this is one of the most difficult jobs to do in this House where you have to balance interests, balance allocation of resources amongst competing priorities and the resources are always very limited. I thank all the Members of this House because many have been understanding when we are not able to do many of the things they request us as Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, to do. Chairs of all our departmental committees have also been a great team. They have ... view
• 9 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Many issues have been raised and many of them are well and aptly captured not only in our Report, but in about six or seven reports that we have done over the last three years. Some of the issues Members spoke about are pending bills; the Member for Mogotio says they are still pending. It is still unfortunate that up to now many are pending, some like the ones mentioned by the Member for Limuru in the Ministry of Defence. Some are very old, almost 18 years old and have even court awards. view
• 9 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: On the issue of House resolutions not being followed up, we need, moving forward, to pursue any abuse of Article 223 of the Constitution. I encourage the Whip of the Minority Party, Hon. Junet Mohamed, that it is not in vain to speak about the abuse of Article 223 of the Constitution. Let me remind him that in the 2017/2018 Financial Year, we declined the approval of money that had already been paid with regard to the Ruaraka Land Scandal of Kshs1.5 billion. If we were in a country where the rule of law was respected, if we were in ... view
• 9 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: is my hope that in our lifetime, we will see action being taken and money that was misappropriated under the Ruaraka Land Scandal go back to public coffers. view
• 9 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, in conclusion, it has been wonderful in the three years working with Members of this House more specifically Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I am grateful to my political party, Jubilee, for having nominated me and given me the opportunity to serve Kenyans. I was elected, luckily, and by God’s grace, as the only Member of Parliament elected unopposed in the 2017 elections, my party leader and his deputy were gracious enough to nominate me to serve in this position. Every Member of this House is capable of serving in this position. On Tuesday, I indicated ... view
• 4 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was inclined to object when the Leader of Majority Party rose to speak and was supported by the Whip who has just de-whipped me. After having listened to Members and appreciating the substance of what we are about to debate, let me support that, indeed, we need to allow Members to scrutinise this Budget. As Members of Parliament, we are here as the people’s representatives with a cardinal constitutional responsibility to allocate and appropriate resources back to our people in areas that matter to them. It is only fair that we allow Members the long ... view
• 4 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: This is a role I have appreciated and I am very grateful to my party Jubilee, the party leader, deputy party leader and the entire Jubilee membership for the opportunity they accorded me over the last three years. I have learnt and gained invaluable experience which I am certain in the very near future I will be utilising. As the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, I had oversight over many operations in Government and a bird’s eye view of how Government operates. I truly appreciate and look forward to us discussing this on Tuesday. I agree with the ... view
• 4 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on the Budget Estimates for the National Government, Judiciary and Parliament for the Financial Year 2020/2021. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 4 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on the Budget Estimates for the National Government, the Judiciary and Parliament for the Financial Year 2020/2021, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 4th June 2020, and pursuant to the provisions of Article 221 of the Constitution of Kenya, Section 39 of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012 and Standing Orders 235 and 239, approves the issuance of a sum of Ksh1,883,022,058,155 from the Consolidated Fund to meet the expenditure during the year ending ... view