Charles Onyancha

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 101 to 110 of 305.

• 28 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: May I conclude by congratulating him for giving us that education today. I wish everybody a very happy vacation and look forward to seeing all of you. view
• 27 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I thank you for giving me this opportunity. I want to say at the outset that I oppose this amendment. The reason as to why I am opposing it is that we are trying to build strong institutions in this country, and one of them is the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). The KRA operates independently, under an Act of Parliament. The Cabinet Secretary is in charge of the Treasury and all the finances of the country, which are put into the Consolidated Fund. He cannot, at the same time, be the collector of revenue. Therefore, I ... view
• 27 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chair, while I agree with the Minister, I wonder what will happen when Parliament will be on recess. Would you like to explain to us? view
• 26 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. I want to thank the Ministry of Education and the very vibrant former Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs. I want to point out one or two issues which are of concern to me. The first one is the qualifications for the appointment of the chairperson and members of TSC, and specifically with regard to the knowledge and experience of at least ten years in the following fields: education, governance, management, law, and others. My concern is that my profession has been left out. I think there is ... view
• 26 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will give an example. Take any clause of the Bill, say Clause 14, which is on page 1357. If you look at the title there, that is, Units of the Commission, and then refer to the first page, that is page 1343, you will notice that Units of the Commission come under Clause 15 on that page and not Clause 14 as set out in the body of the Bill. This is the case with the rest of the clauses until the end. With those few remarks, I wish to support. view
• 26 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you. I rise to support this Bill but I have a few comments to make. It is very unfortunate that in the previous Bill we have just discussed, we were noticing errors in numbering and in this particular Bill, on the very first page, page 1313, there are two sections (8) on Part II – Composition and Administration. I hope the Minister will take note of that and do the relevant correction. But I believe the mistake is because the issue about general principles has been left out of the main Bill. view
• 26 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Secondly, Section 8 of the Bill refers to the oath or affirmation of office prescribed under the Second Schedule. Looking at the Second Schedule, the affirmation of oath is basically to be done by the Chief Justice and because of his many duties I was proposing that the Minister looks at the possibility of saying the Chief Justice or any other judge of the Supreme Court. The same goes for Schedule 4 of the Bill which is basically the second last page of this Bill. We are talking about the chairperson here. The chairperson is the one to take that ... view
• 26 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: “Before the commencement of each financial year, the Secretary, with the approval of the Commission, shall cause to be prepared estimates of the revenue and expenditure of the Commission for that year.” view
• 26 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, when you say “before commencement”, our year commences on 1st July. The Secretary could possibly give the estimates to the Cabinet Secretary in charge of finance a day before Budget Day. I think we should have a period of, at least, three months so that the Treasury could have enough time to include it in other estimates, so that we do not have a rush at the very end. view
• 26 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Section 2 of the Third Schedule reads:- view