Charles Onyancha

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, in supporting this Bill, I also echo the sentiments of my colleagues with regard to the delays which have been previously alluded to. We are at crossroads. The elections will be on 4th March and this means everything to this country, but there appears to be some unseen forces which seem to want to derail the effectiveness of the IEBC and, therefore, the validity of the elections. We have seen this many times; from the delays to non-participation of wananchi. When we get a Bill on a Thursday or Friday that is supposed to be passed ... view
• 4 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Wamalwa and I had the privilege of serving in the pensions fund for retired workers of local authorities. In that fund, we have Europeans who are being paid pensions by the Government of Kenya for having served during the colonial period. Is he in order to now say that Africans cannot be paid from the fund in the same way? view
• 4 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Committee’s report. The Committee did a lot of work in arriving at the conclusions that were arrived at. It is a pity that it is being rubbished at such an early moment without sufficient grounds. The crux of the matter is that money was lost. A Government policy that promotes loss of public funds must be a policy which should be challenged anytime. The Government is the people. You cannot hold the Government as a sacred cow that makes wrong decisions and then hold on to it that it has ... view
• 4 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is already confirmed that the new generation notes were going to be having better safety features and higher quality at half the price. So, when we start saying that we saved money because of saving 300 jobs, we are not sincere to ourselves because the same Government sold Telkom Kenya Ltd and rendered many people jobless. So, I think we are not facing the facts unless all other pieces were going at much less price at Malta than they were going at the Ruaraka Plant. So the Committee is asking itself: Does this make ... view
• 29 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill and thank Dr. Khalwale for introducing it in Parliament today. The issue about pyramid schemes is an embarrasing one. It has impoverished our people mainly because of the laxity of the Government specifically the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). The CBK is the regulator that licenses deposit takers. As we all know, these pyramid schemes were operating in broad daylight, taking people’s deposits and the Government just looked aside and slept. The victims of these schemes are languishing in poverty and we must have ... view
• 29 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a shame and some of them, indeed, are seeking parliamentary and other elective positions. I hope the IEBC will take into account the fact that these are crooks and thieves who have stolen from wananchi. With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 28 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to briefly commend the Minister for this Bill, and also the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs for the hard work they have put in bringing up amendments. I am very proud of the introduction of Kiswahili as one of the languages in the legal profession. view
• 23 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute on this issue. I hope that hon. Members can see the import of what hon. Kimunya has said, with respect to the amendment of the Committee. It is very important that we get the issue; that even if you have one share in a company, that company cannot trade with the Government. That is really the essence of the Committee’s amendment. I wish to urge hon. Members to accept the Committee’s recommendation because if we do otherwise, we will ruin all our public companies in this ... view
• 23 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute on this issue. I hope that hon. Members can see the import of what hon. Kimunya has said, with respect to the amendment of the Committee. It is very important that we get the issue; that even if you have one share in a company, that company cannot trade with the Government. That is really the essence of the Committee’s amendment. I wish to urge hon. Members to accept the Committee’s recommendation because if we do otherwise, we will ruin all our public companies in this ... view
• 23 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute on this issue. I hope that hon. Members can see the import of what hon. Kimunya has said, with respect to the amendment of the Committee. It is very important that we get the issue; that even if you have one share in a company, that company cannot trade with the Government. That is really the essence of the Committee’s amendment. I wish to urge hon. Members to accept the Committee’s recommendation because if we do otherwise, we will ruin all our public companies in this ... view