Hon Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I have to agree with you. The World Health Organisation (WHO) might need to reassess other symptoms of COVID-19. This is because besides noise, memory lapse might also be one of the symptoms. I just mentioned to him while we were consulting here that last year, he rose on a point of order like the Hon. Member for Saku has done asking for a report. We were very careful this year to ensure that we table a report. Therefore, Hon. Junet, you might be operating from the status quo of 2019. We have moved on to 2020 as ... view
• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the total shareable revenue for the year 2020/ 2021 is estimated at Kshs1.8 trillion and is allocated as follows: view
• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: (i) National Government, Kshs1.53 trillion. (ii) The county government equitable share is Kshs316.50 billion. It is worth noting that that is the same figure for this current financial year 2019/2020. (iii) The Government of Kenya conditional allocation amounts to a total of Kshs13.73 billion. (iv) The roads maintenance fuel levy fund is Kshs9.43 billion. It is important for Hon. Members to note that this figure of Kshs9.43 billion, if you divide that by the number of counties, it is almost a total of about Kshs200 million per county going towards the maintenance of roads. I am sure the 22 per ... view
• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: (v) Hon. Speaker, conditional allocations in terms of loans and grants are Kshs30.20 billion. (vi) The Equalisation Fund, which I know the Hon. Member for Saku is very keen on, is Kshs6.788 billion. I know, probably, the Hon. Member for Saku was very keen on this Report because of the Equalisation Fund. view
• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I do not want to go through the entire Report but just to note a few things. The importance of this conditional grant to counties cannot be gainsaid. I wish to bring to the attention of this House that there is lack of a proper policy framework that has made it very difficult to manage them and the status of some of the interventions is not clear. view
• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Furthermore, as reported in our report on the Budget Policy Statement (BPS), there is not sufficient information provided on the rationale behind changes in some of the conditional grant allocations, some of which have not been allocated any funds in the next financial year 2020/2021. For instance, the Kenya Devolution Support Programme (KDSP) Level II Grant and the Kenya Urban Support Program (KUSP) by the World Bank have not been allocated any resources in the next financial year. This has been done without any clear explanation as to why they are not allocating any further resources. We do not know ... view
• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, there appears to be no set timelines within which targeted outputs under the conditional grants are to be achieved. For instance, there is a conditional grant that has been maintained of Kshs2 billion. If you go to the Bill, you will see it is still there this year. It is going towards village polytechnics in our counties. There is also a conditional allocation to five counties for the establishment of county headquarters. These amounts continue to appear every year. It will be important, especially for the other House, the Senate, to ensure that there is proper oversight of ... view
• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Murugara moved an amendment last year, which we agreed to, allocating more funds to Tharaka Nithi County, Nyandarua and a number of other counties. It is important for Hon. Members who hail from those counties to establish whether there are projects going on and provide oversight. They need to know over what period those projects are to be implemented and when the programmes are coming to an end. Hon. Speaker, the other key thing to note in this Division of Revenue Bill is the issue of Nairobi County. As you are aware, in accordance with Article 187 (2) of ... view
• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the equitable share for Nairobi City County should, therefore, be set aside and arrangements put in place to ensure that the resources necessary for the performance of the functions are transferred pursuant to Article 187 (2). view
• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, relating to the Nairobi County and more so for the 17 Hon. Members who hail from Nairobi County, I need to appreciate that the national Treasury and the Executive have been consulting on this matter and have settled on an arrangement that they will be discussing. I can hear the Hon. Member for Dagoretti South shouting behind me here that the money should go to the NG-CDF but, indeed, there is an arrangement. You can pursue that with the national Treasury and other Members of Nairobi County. view