Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, is the Hon. Member in order to mislead the House by saying that voters have an opportunity to look at the list? I do not think voters contribute in any way to that list. It is not there. So, he should not mislead the House and say that the voters will decide when they see the list. view
• 10 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Land is a factor of production. I support the Petition that if the land is not utilised, it should be de-gazetted. As that is done, we know very well that the land is under the Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC) which is under the Ministry of Agriculture. So, this Petition will involve both the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Lands. As we move forward, ADC owns a lot of land country-wide even in Trans Nzoia, but some of the land is fallow. We had done a Petition from Trans Nzoia that part of the ADC ... view
• 10 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Nyamai as she looks into the Petition, not to forget the Trans Nzoia issue on the ADC land to be given to a university. view
• 10 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 10 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for this opportunity. Hon. Junet has raised a very fundamental matter pertaining to election campaign financing. The Election Campaign Financing Act was passed and for this law to be operationalised, we expect the Regulations developed by the IEBC to be brought to this House on time. In line with the Statutory Instruments Act, the Committee on Delegated Legislation has to look at this matter and give us a report. As you clearly said, Article 118(1)(b) is very clear. It says that Parliament shall facilitate public participation in matters of legislation. The word is “shall”. It is ... view
• 10 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: at 5.00 p.m. and not at 7.00 p.m., so that you can go through the security process and the check- in. At 7.00 pm., the pilot will be taking off. So, if you arrive at the airport at 7.00 p.m., the doors will be closed. It goes without saying that this is dead on arrival. The Constitution is clear that time is up. The aeroplane is taking off. There is no way we can expect the Committee on Delegated Legislation to table a report without public participation as outlined in Article 118 of the Constitution. That is the reality. I ... view
• 10 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: I call upon the Members not to cast aspersions on the budget of the IEBC. The relevant Committee needs to call them to give justification and say how they arrived at the Kshs40 billion. They should itemise their needs. If last year it was this amount, we know the population has gone up. You are aware that the last presidential elections were nullified. Their servers were not open. Does it mean that there will be many servers? At that time, we were told that the servers were in Paris and people were sleeping at that particular time. If we will ... view
• 10 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity. First, I thank Hon. Jaldesa for bringing this Motion to the House. The responsibility of a nation is to provide security and food to its citizens. It is, indeed, embarrassing that we cannot feed the citizens of this country. We have climate change. What Hon. Jaldesa has mentioned is not something new. We expect the Government to have planned. We have the Meteorological Department which is supposed to have forecast for this. There is an American philosopher called Benjamin Franklin who said failing to plan is planning to fail. The responsibility ... view
• 10 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: When you look at the issue of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it includes issues such as feeding the hungry and matters food security in the country. When you look at the Jubilee Manifesto and the Big Four Agenda, you realise that the issue of food security was given a priority. You cannot preach water and drink wine. If you are talking about issues of food security, you must put in place mitigation strategies and give them heavy funding. In Trans Nzoia where I come from, farmers are also suffering. The Government is supposed to provide subsidised inputs, if it is ... view
• 5 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I empathise with Hon. Nassir. It is true that many entrepreneurs are suffering. If you are in the transport industry and the carrying capacity has been reduced, it minimizes your chances to break even. If you do not break even, the business will collapse. If that happens, there are those people that you have employed such as drivers and conductors who are likely to lose their jobs. We humbly request the Government to look for measures that will help cushion those farmers. When you listen to the response that has been given by the Cabinet Secretary ... view