Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

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• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. He has been my student. I have been guiding him and you can only learn from experience in this House. You cannot be making technical appearances and learn the procedures of the House. I am happy Hon. Majimbo is learning very fast. view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: This matter is happening in many areas. We have had so many Petitions here, similar to this that the Member for Tana River has raised. The relevant committee with the ranking Member, Hon. Chachu Ganya, who is a committed Member of that Committee, it is the highest time they get a solution for all these matters, particularly on the conflict between wildlife and human beings. It has been going on for so long. There must be a framework in place to solve this issue. For instance, when it comes to destruction of farms, this is a matter that we have ... view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: that it can be extended. Like Chetambe Hills, in the upgrading of parks and national reserves, there must be a delicate balance between the gazettement and human settlements. I have seen some areas where gazettement is done without proper public participation. In Bungoma, recently, we saw Chetambe Hills being gazetted without the due process being followed. The locals have done a Petition through the Senate to object to this. In future, for any decision that is being done, public participation must play a critical role. view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. I thank Hon. Florence Mutua for this wonderful constitutional amendment Bill. We must go through the memory lane. Why was this amendment introduced in the first place? This amendment initially was introduced to deter those presidential candidates who were not serious whereby they declare that they are going for presidency with the intention of targeting a lower position. We must be looking at the benefits. Why should a nomination party list be presented 45 days to elections vis-à-vis after? I want to explain. I was not around when Hon. Mutua was ... view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: If you won 26, it therefore goes without saying that you are rewarded two slots for nomination and the party will nominate specifically two slots. Hon. Jennifer Shamalla is a case here. She was nominated and the matter went to court because there was number one, two and three on the list. We are behaving like we are just on a fishing expedition. When you present the list after elections, you will know the specifics as ODM or FORD-K. I only have one slot instead of two or three. That is one benefit. So, the issues of going to court ... view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Secondly, when you read Article 90, it clearly says that it is political parties that nominate not independent candidates. Article 38 of the Constitution, under the Bill of Rights says: “Every Kenyan has a right to join a political party of choice.” So, if you are an independent candidate like Hon. Shabbir, you decided and therefore, you have no option to nominate. However, as a political party, there are efforts you put in place. There is so much that you go through, to register a political party. That is why under Article 90, it is the political parties that nominate. ... view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: About the two-third gender rule, I wish Hon. Duale was here. We have tried to comply with the two-thirds gender rule; it has been a problem. In one of the recommendations we said, the positions should not just be given to women for the sake of it. Let us reward women who have put effort in places they have tried to run for these seats. view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: I worked on this Bill with the former Member of Parliament for Nyeri, Hon. Nyokabi and we said, these seats should not just be given to women for free. Let us look at women for the purposes of two-thirds gender rule. It should be women who have put in some efforts in trying to come to Parliament. It will also be a good way of trying to reward the women who have put efforts in place in winning these seats. We had proposed earlier that these positions should be given to the best women. This Bill is coming to sort ... view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: I want to demystify the issue of saying that we are going to reward slay queens or boyfriends. If somebody has made an effort, and he was number two, why should he or she not be nominated? In this House, we have very good legislators. Some of us had wished, the ranking Members, like when Hon. Martha Karua was in this House, before we came here, we could see how she contributed in the quality of debates. Unfortunately, she is not here. On such an opportunity, you can nominate someone because of the value that he or she is going ... view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: So, when it comes to the time of voting, we will encourage as many Hon. Members as possible to come. When I brought an amendment to change the election dates from August to December, many people were opposing because of party lines, but afterwards they came back to me asking me to bring the Bill back because they were being misled. I want to ask Hon. Members not to be misled. We are trying to debate this Bill for posterity and that day, I humbly request Hon. Members to come and vote so that we can achieve the two-thirds gender ... view