Anthony Mutahi Kimaru

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I stand to support the mediated version of the Division of Revenue Bill. First, it shows that Members of Parliament are able to resolve problems that surround us. We cannot hold this country to ransom. We cannot make this country come to a standstill. We cannot allow counties to be disabled or stopped from performing their functions. I would like to hail the people who sat in the Mediation Committee; for one reason or another they came up with a mediated solution. As leaders, we always have the burden of making decisions; some difficult and some ... view
• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: to be on contract from that time onwards. It only means that this money must have been put to use other than what it was intended for. In my county, I can cite several instances of misappropriation of funds. For instance, 10 boreholes were supposed to have been sunk in my constituency and money was given for sinking of those boreholes. The Governor, in his address on the state of the county, indicated that those projects had been done and were complete, whereas on the ground there was nothing at all. When we complained about that, the Governor had the ... view
• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Yes; it bought dogs that do not have homes to date. view
• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: They have to be accommodated in Ol Pejeta Conservancy, because the county does not have kennels for them and cannot afford to maintain them. Kshs3 million has been used on five dogs. I hear one is called Twitter. I do not know whether the other one is Facebook. We have five German Shepherds that have cost the County Government over Kshs5 million and are of no use to anybody. Kshs30 million was set aside for an investment conference that was supposed to be held last year. The whole of that Kshs30 million was used and no investment conference ever took ... view
• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: dispensaries whereas the County Government has not constructed a single dispensary in my constituency. The county government has responsibility to put staff in the dispensaries that we have constructed. The four facilities do not have staff or medicine. If the county government was awake, then 84 or so medical staff who were to be employed in the Financial Year 2013/2014 would have been deployed in those dispensaries and would be working. We have constructed more polytechnics with CDF money than the county government has done. We have done more Early Childhood Development and Education Centres (ECDEs) than the county government. ... view
• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the amendment, although the matters raised are mostly of language rather than substance. view
• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: The good thing with the comments that have come from the Senate is an assurance that indeed they went through the Bill and largely concurred with this august House. I do not see much danger in their bringing their amendments here because we can easily tackle them in the shortest time possible. view
• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: With those comments, I beg to support. view
• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, my button remained on but I am in support of the amendments. view
• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to support the amendments by the Senate particularly Clause 124 regarding evaluation of tenders by public entities, by giving weights of 50 per cent to both the financial and technical capability of the tenderers. I want to concur particularly on 50 per cent to technical capability because previously, technical weight had been rated at almost 70 per cent which many local contractors could not have achieved. But by bringing it to 50 per cent, it enables many local contractors to achieve the threshold. Two, Clause 33, regarding promoting preference and reservation schemes for ... view