Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: We know very well that His Excellency the President is supposed to lead from the front in the fight against corruption. He gave a direction that all the procurement and finance officers should step aside. However, in the counties the people in-charge of procurement and finance have not stepped aside, violating what His Excellency the President said. I oppose and propose five minutes. view
• 19 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Absolutely: It was very wrong. I want to justify why this Bill is very important. view
• 19 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This is a very important Bill. We normally have the Division of Revenue Bill that shares the revenue between the national Government and the county governments. After the Division of Revenue, we come to the County Allocation of Revenue Bill which provides the horizontal sharing of revenue among counties. The Division of Revenue Bill gave Kshs372.74 billion that is supposed to be shared horizontally among the county governments. This Bill is very critical because the amount of money that is being given and in line with Article 111 of the Constitution, this House is ... view
• 19 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Counties also try as much as possible to contribute in terms of sustainability. Governors complain that the release of money was delayed by the national Government. You can only pass the Division of Revenue Bill before you come to County Allocation of Revenue Bill. We are calling upon the counties to improve their strategies of raising that revenue. We are told that the money is going into people’s pockets. I know so many counties were raising money when they were under municipalities and county councils. Even now, when you go to those counties, they are raising money but when it ... view
• 19 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Another critical issue which I thought I should mention about is healthcare. Under the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution, there are specific functions which were devolved as far as the counties are concerned. It is important that when counties are allocating funds, focus must be given to those particular functions under the Fourth Schedule under the counties. Now, we are also talking about Agenda Four. We support the issues of universal healthcare, food security, manufacturing and housing. I can see the Chairman of Budget and Appropriations Committee wants me to speed up but I am just trying to conclude as ... view
• 13 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. view
• 13 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. Ordinarily, when an amendment is moved, the Chair needs to justify. The whole House needs to know the justification and not just the relevant Committee. Otherwise, we can reject this amendment. That is why I am requesting Hon. Ichung’wah to give the justification so that all the Members here can know whether to vote yes or no. view
• 13 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. Research has shown that 70 per cent of unemployed people are the youth. It is very unfortunate that the NYS that The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 13 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: implements this programme has been confronted with issues of corruption. It is like the NYS money has become an automated teller machine (ATM) for some people. I sympathise. I read the comments from the Budget and Appropriations Committee that they will not appropriate money anywhere where it has been misappropriated. In this case, we cannot run away from the problem of the youth. The challenge is the implementation of the funds. That is where the challenge is. If at all corruption at the NYS cannot be contained, then this money should be distributed to the counties. My worry is that ... view
• 13 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Maybe through the NG-CDF. It is only the NG-CDF that has a clear framework such that when you go to every village, you will find an impact. Maybe it is time we amended the law so that this money can be devolved at the constituency level. That is where we will be assured of equity. There is no equity. If you look at the allocation of the NG-CDF, it is standardised and equal everywhere in the country irrespective of the poverty ratio. It is high time we devolved this money further to the constituencies so that our youth can be ... view