Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to reply to this Bill which seeks to change the election dates from August to December. There is an issue that was raised about the referendum. Amending the Constitution of Kenya can only be done through a parliamentary initiative and a referendum. Article 101(1) of the Constitution states thus: “A general election of Members of Parliament shall be held on the second Tuesday in August in every fifth year” It does specify the month. So, when you move the elections from August to December, it is within the same fifth year and ... view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Lawyers (FIDA) and all the key stakeholders were invited. Now, 80 per cent of them supported that the election date must be moved from August to December. This is a matter that will be decided upon. This Bill had also come up during the last Parliament and we only lacked six Members to meet the two-thirds requirement. Relying on Standing Order No. 53, which Hon. Washiali wanted to raise, we want to defer putting of the Question until we ascertain that we meet the two- thirds requirement. Members should be able to claim a division. Hon. Members who are here ... view
• 2 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for granting me this opportunity to discuss this very important Bill. It gives a provision for the dos and don’ts in healthcare. Before I make my remarks, I was somewhere when this Bill was being moved by Hon. Washiali. It will be nice next time for the Committee responsible to be given an opportunity to move. He had difficulties pronouncing some of the terminologies. I was seated with some professors of medicine and some of the remarks that were being uttered were very disappointing. As we move on, it is important we allow respective ... view
• 2 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: I was just stressing it because I know my friend Hon. Washiali was ambushed today when he was moving this Bill. view
• 2 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: He was. He was given a short notice. He was doing it on behalf of the Leader of the Majority Party. How I had wished, in such circumstances, we allow that opportunity to the respective Committees which have gone through matters and participated in these deliberations! That is what I recommend. This is something to be looked into as we move forward. view
• 2 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: I never said he never moved well. He moved it very well. What we are saying is that we should let Chairpersons move in future and the Vice Chairpersons can second. That is for purposes of ownership. You have seen this outcry has been going on for too long. It is not just when it comes to this issue of the Departmental Committee on Health. We have seen it even in other Committees. This Bill is very critical. We have heard a lot of outcry although we know healthcare is partly devolved. We know Level 6 hospitals are under the ... view
• 2 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: was not granted. Teachers managed to get theirs. It is good when you have your own healthcare commission. view
• 2 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: I can see my friend, Hon. the former Principal Secretary is agreeing with me. It is because matters of healthcare in counties have a lot of challenges. We have seen this happening in my own county. You will find that issues are not running; issues of human resource management are becoming a problem. So, it is indeed important that we look at such piecemeal amendments as we move on. There is the issue of the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency. It is the only body in this country which has been getting drugs for purposes of supply. When counties realise that ... view
• 2 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: was like a regulation. There is no way you can amend a statute to align it to a view
• 2 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: . The objective of the Mwongozo Code which was being spearheaded by Hon. Abdikadir was to look for a way of consolidating these parastatals which heavily rely on the Exchequer for purposes of sustainability. They went ahead to bring in just a small section of the code of conduct. To me, I find it opposite if we are going to align all these Acts with Mwongozo ; something which was not debated, was not passed by this Parliament but was just passed at State House. This is very wrong. As we move on, how do we move the Government Chemist ... view