Anthony Mutahi Kimaru

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I stand to second the Motion as moved with the recommendations by the Senate. Like my colleague has said when moving the acceptance of those amendments, generally, they add value to the Bill as earlier passed by this House. view
• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: In particular, we see the small issues of language being sorted out, thereby making the Bill clearer and removing any ambiguity that there might have been. We have also the threshold for members of the Advisory Board being increased in Clause 5. Initially, the qualification was only a Bachelor’s Degree, but now it has been moved to Postgraduate Degree. That would add value, but it also creates some handicaps. We have many Kenyans who have higher qualifications and this would add value to the contribution by the Advisory Board that is going to be constituted. view
• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: We also see that the Chairman of the Board shall be elected from among the members by themselves. That is good for governance and promotion of democracy and accountability. We also see it making provisions clearer where it will be easy to implement. 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
• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: Clause 6 also stipulates the functions of the Advisory Board. It states that the Board in particular shall advise the Auditor-General in the performance of his duty. This adds value unlike before where the Auditor-General was a lone ranger. So, we see people around the Auditor-General advising and guiding him on how to move without necessarily removing his independence. view
• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: In Clause 32, there is a compelling bit and the word “shall” is used. Previously, the provision was that he “may”, but now we have a compelling word “shall”. In general, I am in agreement with the clauses that have been brought forward by the Senate. Even Clause 39 where the Senate recognises the need to have confidentiality in audit reports especially regarding security organs. view
• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: As the Mover stated earlier, probably there might be need to improve it further later on where we might feel that some of the provisions by the Senate may not sit very well with the initial intentions of the Mover of the Bill. This may be sorted out later. Therefore, I beg to second. view
• 15 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the Bill that is before this House. Our expectations as citizens are quite high, especially when we look up to civil servants. Many a times we are disappointed in the way they carry out their public functions, from the Civil Service to the Judiciary. At times inordinate periods are taken to execute very simple tasks. Many times omissions or commissions that contravene the civil or legal rights of citizens are there. When most of these are done, it is not because the administrators or officers who are empowered to carry ... view
• 15 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: we want to exempt them from? I do not think that there is any danger in making the disciplined forces do their work as they should. If they are sure that what they are doing is right and they have been given exemptions in law where they need to take more time, they have nothing to fear. I feel that even the disciplined forces should also squarely fall under this particular law. Away from the disciplined forces, with the kind of lethargy that we see, for example, in the lands office - having a title transferred at the registry in ... view
• 2 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. If you look at the numbers on the opposite side, and I do not want to go back to what the Chair said, they are not more than on this side. view
• 2 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. If you look at the numbers on the opposite side, and I do not want to go back to what the Chair said, they are not more than on this side. view