Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: As I move on, I want to talk about the Kshs 800 million from the European Union (EU) that is going towards the water tower and the climate change. We have a lot of changes as far as climate change is concerned. We are talking of things to do with afforestation. We are told that we should have ten per cent of our land on forest cover. In this country, we have three per cent forest cover. There is so much that we need to do to correct climate change. In traditional days, our great fathers and grandfathers used to ... view
• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) (No.2) Bill of 2018. This Bill aims to change the elections date and that is its key objective. view
• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) (No.2) Bill be now read a Second Time. The principle objective of this Bill is to amend Articles 101 (1), 136 (2) (a), 177 (1) (a) and 180 (1) of the Constitution of Kenya by changing the existing date of the general election for the Members of Parliament, the President, the Deputy President, Members of the County Assembly, county governors and deputy governors, from the second Tuesday of August in every fifth year to the third Monday in December in every fifth year. The Bill seeks ... view
• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: The amendment seeks to restore the tourism season because we normally have a high tourist season in August and tourism plays a very critical role to the economy of this country. Tourists normally fear because of the violence during the electioneering time. They do not come. This Bill is not being tabled for the first time. This Bill was tabled for the first time under the late Mutula Kilonzo. It was introduced in this House in 2011. By then, he was the Member of Parliament for Mbooni. May the Lord rest his soul in peace. Subsequently, in 2015, the same ... view
• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The idea of establishing the National Housing Development Fund is wonderful. When we debated this Bill yesterday, we raised concern on where these funds will go because we do not have an established framework of this National Housing Development Fund. The idea that the Leader of the Majority Party is putting in place is purely correct because it has been done in other jurisdictions. I raised the concern which Hon. T. J. Kajwang’ raised yesterday, when we were debating the Second Reading of the Bill. We need to see how we can have this ... view
• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. This is a very serious matter. In case of an increase in pricing of petroleum products by inclusion of VAT, the cost of living is going to shoot up, not only when it comes to transport, but even food production. So, once we pass this, it is going to take precedence. Wherever the CS for Treasury is, we must suspend this for purposes of containing the cost of living. There is a reason the CS for Treasury extended this. It was not out of his volition. Demonstrations were all over. We even had the ... view
• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The matter that Hon. Otiende Amollo is putting across is, indeed, very important. But as amatter of procedure, we know very well that such a matter arises when the next Order is on the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill. However, according to the Order Paper, we are supposed to be looking at the Finance Bill. The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill comes afterwards. So, I humbly request you to intervene so that if we finalise on the Finance Bill, then he can raise his matter when the time is due for us to discuss the Statute ... view
• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. First and foremost, I want to bring greetings and blessings from the Holy Seat of Vatican. Last week, we led a delegation of Catholic Members of Parliament and we had an opportunity to meet the Holy Father, Pope Francis. He is praying for this country to have peace, development and tranquility. I bring his greetings and blessings. Secondly, I want to congratulate you on the position that you have acquired. Indeed, it is going to put this country on the world record. I want to address the substance of this Bill. ... view
• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: low income earners. I have looked at the proposal. It is proposing that 0.05 per cent must be charged on every Kshs 500,000 for the sake of funding universal healthcare. I oppose. You cannot say that someone with Kshs500,000 is endowed. That is little money. We will have to amend when it comes to the Committee of the whole House to increase the amount to possibly Kshs1 million. When it comes to Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) transactions, it is capped at Kshs1 million. At least, Kshs1 million is reasonable. When I look at the National Government Development Constituencies Fund ... view