Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1601 to 1610 of 3399.

• 14 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Indeed, this is a very critical matter. I agree with the other honourable Members that we must guard jealously the independence of this House. I want to remind you that sometimes back we had a leadership retreat in Mombasa where we invited one of the constitutional lawyers to present to us. I remember very well the aspect of checks and balances as far as the Constitution 2010 is concerned. This is to do with the Executive, the Judiciary and the Legislature. When you look at this issue at hand and you do your ruling, you must ... view
• 14 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: the Bill was meant to tell the Judiciary to wait for the output so that it can declare it unconstitutional and it is referred back to Parliament for any amendment. However, we have to respect what the courts have done, we have no otherwise. We do know very well that courts have unlimited jurisdiction and, in any case, if somebody is aggrieved, the only place you can turn to is the courts. Therefore, whether it is Omtatah or whoever it is, I think it is totally in order. So, much as I belong to this House, I do not see ... view
• 5 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. view
• 5 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, we have a procedure of bringing amendments. Hon. Pukose, being a Vice Chair, is aware of it because he has been an active Member in the Committee of the whole House. Hon. Members request him to give us the import of the amendment. view
• 5 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. From practice, anything Government or official, for it to be operationalised or implemented, it must be gazetted. That has been the procedure. The argument from the Hon. Member in terms of the volume, maybe for purposes of notifying members, the names must be put on the website, but there must be something to be gazetted, at least, in the Kenya Gazette . Every law we pass even when we come to Parliament, it is gazetted. We need some clarification, but that aspect has to be there. But because of the volume, maybe the details ... view
• 1 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second this Motion. I request Hon. Members that we move with speed because this is a very critical Motion and unfortunately, we are behind schedule. It is stipulated that this was supposed to have been done 90 days before expiry. The expiry date being June, when you work backwards, the work should have been done by March. I hope the great Members here are going to do great work. When you look at the selection of the Members of this Committee, it is a proper mix. Political parties are represented. Jubilee, ODM, Wiper ... view
• 1 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. This is an important amendment because Kenyans have been conned several times. The proposed amendment will streamline and bring order in the practice. If there is any misbehaviour by the advocates, the LSK can withdraw their services. It is important to have control measures. Recently in the medical field, the Cabinet Secretary (CS) and the Principal Secretary (PS) failed to end the doctors’ strike and the association came up with measures to bring sanity. It is important to have this within professional bodies. We have had qualified advocates conning people in the villages when ... view
• 21 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. At the outset, I stand to support this Bill. Indeed, this is a very important Bill. Hon. Duale has, while seconding, explained the gist of this Bill. It is important for the Members who have not had a chance to read it. He has said it all. This is a very important Bill. Some people are where they are today because of the SACCOs. When I got my first job with SmithKline Beecham after I left university, I joined a SACCO. I bought land through a SACCO loan. The advice we ... view
• 21 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Secondly, I want to mention briefly on the issue of the Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) which is supposed to supervise and help in regulating SACCOs. It is important because many SACCOs are going under and, maybe, it is the highest time that SASRA expanded so that there is timely supervision of those SACCOs. We know very well that SACCOs are going under and disappearing with Kenyans’ investments. We have seen banks The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 21 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: going under and yet, the Central Bank of Kenya is there. As we move, on we want SASRA, which will be in charge of those SACCOs, to strengthen itself and expand accordingly so that the SACCO movement can grow. Sometimes back, I was reading an article on the SACCO business which stated that it was in the excess of Kshs400 billion. So, you can see it is a very big market which needs some regulations. We cannot just leave it to the Cabinet Secretary (CS). It is important for an authority to be there to look into the issues and ... view