Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

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• 29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Looking at Uhuru Highway, I wonder whether there is any room for expansion. In as much as the Motion is very good the aspect of its practicability in terms of implementation is a challenge. Article 118 of the Constitution talks about public participation. This is also in line with our Standing Orders which state that before such a Motion comes to the House it should be subjected to the relevant Committee. Unfortunately, we do not have committees which can look at Motions before they come here. Such Motions are supposed to go through the relevant Committee so that Parliament does ... view
• 29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: I know we are supposed to have a Committee on Implementation. There are so many pieces of legislation and Motions which this House has passed but up to date they have not been implemented. This House cannot be legislating in vain. Indeed, as an arm of Government whatever we pass must be implemented. I am saying this because I get so frustrated. For instance, in the last Parliament we passed a Bill which was assented to by His Excellency the President on ranking schools in categories such as national, county and day schools. Up to now, the Ministry of Education ... view
• 29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: I would like to quote wonderful words by Abraham Lincoln, a former President of the United States of America (USA). He said: “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” Whatever we are doing today, we must think about tomorrow. Indeed, Hon. Melly’s Motion has come because of the poor planning at a particular time. It is a nightmare to pass in this city. When you look at this Motion, it will be good if it is cascaded down to the counties because we know roads are devolved and we have seen many other bodies which are ... view
• 29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: The other day I got stuck in traffic jam in Westlands. An ambulance had to put on its siren only for me to realise it was doing that to avoid traffic jam. It was not carrying a patient and this is a disciplinary case. I followed it so that I could reach quickly where I was going, but I realised it was not carrying a critically ill patient. The other day when I went to the Airport to welcome Hon. Raila Amollo Odinga when he was returning from the USA, I found it very The electronic version of the Official ... view
• 29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: difficult because there was a big convey. I thought Mombasa Road is very well designed only to realise that it has a huge traffic problem. view
• 29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: This is a wonderful Motion but the challenge of implementation is a big issue. Maybe at a later stage we need to form a taskforce to implement it. The bypasses have really helped us and they are a wonderful idea. If you are coming from the Airport and you want to go to Runda and Westlands you can use the Southern Bypass; we thank God for the bypasses. Hon. Melly’s Motion is a wonderful idea but my concern is the practicability of its implementation because we cannot pass a Motion whose implementation is impossible. That is my only worry. The ... view
• 29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: I do not have much more to say but as we pass this Motion my worry is on implementation. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support. view
• 29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: With due respect, Hon. Malulu Injendi is doing his second term and on a Motion like this, I know you can mention a few things here and there but in terms of relevance, he is actually getting away from the subject matter that we are discussing. Is he in order, Hon. Deputy Speaker? view
• 29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second this Motion. We know very well that we do not have committees. In line with Article 118 of the Constitution, we need to call for public participation. These are some of the stages which can be exempted. We know very well that this is a Senate Bill. For it to have reached this level, public participation was done by the Senate. In the same spirit, we know that the stakeholders are the same. Even if it were to be done by the National Assembly, the output will have a lot of convergence. ... view