Hon Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No.120, this House resolves to reduce the publication period of the Supplementary Appropriation Bill (National Assembly Bill No.9 of 2020) from seven days to two days. view
• 29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, as Hon. Members are aware, this Bill was published at the end of last week following adoption of the Report by the House on Wednesday. As you have rightly mentioned, if we were to proceed on the working recess in the month of May to work on the Annual Estimates, we will need to have this Supplementary Appropriation Bill (National Assembly Bill No.9 of 2020) debated and then hopefully approved. Considering also the number of sittings we have in a week, we should have the Second Reading later this morning and the Third Reading this afternoon. view
• 29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: The Supplementary Appropriation Bill (National Assembly Bill No.9 of 2020), as you are aware from the Report that we tabled and debated last week, has a number of things that would immensely help the country in terms of COVID-19 pandemic mitigation measures. It will help in the financing of the COVID-19 pandemic-related expenditure in the Ministry of Health and other departments, including security and more instructively, even things that would help cushion Kenyans against the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. That is why the Deputy Majority Whip was consulting on the issue of pending bills. view
• 29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, you remember early mid-last year, His Excellency the President directed that all pending bills that were owed to suppliers and contractors in the Government be settled. Amongst the issues that we have seen being conversed in the media is the issue of the Kshs40 billion that was reported to have been spent. It is important for Kenyans to understand that among the money budgeted in that figure of Kshs40 billion, it is only about Kshs13 billion that is going towards settlement of pending bills to contractors. Top among them are the suppliers that you saw demonstrating in ... view
• 29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: of 2020), many of these corporations will be able to hold a number of their employees that they would otherwise have retrenched. view
• 29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: With that, Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to request the Vice-Chairperson, Hon. Moses Lessonet, to second. view
• 29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Supplementary Appropriation Bill be now read a second time. view
• 29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: As I moved the Procedural Motion, I noted that we concluded debate and adopted the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. It is on the basis of that Report that this Supplementary Appropriation Bill has been prepared. As I had rightly mentioned, once this Bill is approved by the House, and assented to by the President, by the end of the week, it will go a long way to cushion Kenyans against the negative effects of COVID–19 pandemic. view
• 29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: As I mentioned, huge resources have been voted towards settlement of pending bills. As you noted, when we debated the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, we had taken resources from the National Assembly to a tune of Kshs2.1 billion… view
• 29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I was saying that upon assent of this Bill, I hope the National Treasury will move with speed to ensure that the Exchequer releases are done in time for us to benefit from what the House has done. We have roughly about two months before the end of the Financial Year – That is May and June for 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