Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

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Entries 1861 to 1870 of 3399.

• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to seek leave of the House to request for adjournment on a definite matter of urgent national importance to discuss the increased cases of school burning in the country. Hon. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No. 33(1) I seek leave for the purpose of discussing the increased cases of school burning in this country. While the education system is meant to create national development and advancement, the cases of torching of schools in the country have been counteractive towards this goal. Within the last six months, more than 100 ... view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations and a ranking Member of this House. Looking at this Report, there is a minority report and I dissented. Page 32 of the Report lists Members who recorded a dissenting view, namely, Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo, Hon. Elijah Memusi, Hon. (Ms.) Joyce Lay and Hon. Onyonka. My name is missing yet I did not sign the majority report. This shows a lot of inconsistencies. I want us to suspend this debate until a proper report is tabled on the ... view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to oppose this. As I said earlier, I am a Member of this Committee and I dissented. We had discussed this with the Committee. When you look at the amount of money the UK Government is supposed to pay the Kenya Government for training, taking into consideration disturbance of the environment, they are only paying Kshs19 million for a whole year. We compared this with many other jurisdictions. In Djibouti, payment is about Kshs6 billion. We asked ourselves why we should be paid a lower amount. As a Committee, we sat together ... view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, that is the problem with being a sycophant. I never said that. The Chairman has been misleading this Committee. The House can see that his listening capacity is a problem. I never said that. Could he listen as I repeat? This agreement had already been ratified and is now coming up for renewal. It was already in existence. This is a renewal package of the Defence Cooperation Agreement. These people have already been training here. Renewal is done on a ten-year basis. We thought it should come down to five years. He is misleading this House. ... view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I cannot take a misleading point. You need to listen to me. This British Army has been training here in Kenya. How many years has it been training? If there was no agreement before, they would not have been training here. The Chair is misleading. We are to ratify the agreement. Ratification has not yet been done. The challenge comes in the Treaty Making Ratification Act. All the agreements or treaties that Kenya is signatory to and have been ratified by Parliament become part and parcel of our laws. That is agreeable. We know that. I ... view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: As a result of their training exercises, we have accidents, rape cases and the perpetrators are not tried by our laws. They want to use their UK law. In Kenya, the Constitution of Kenya takes precedence. The sovereign power belongs to the people of Kenya. It does not matter where one comes from. These are our concerns. That is why we need to amend the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, so that we do not just pass laws with reservations. Once that is done, the law can be implemented. This was also alluded to by the Committee on Regional Integration ... view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Article 95 of the Constitution clearly stipulates that Parliament should discuss and resolve issues that affect this country. view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: The Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations agrees with me and that why he is smiling. We discussed that issue when we met in Nanyuki. We asked ourselves how we will rectify this in future. We are not here to please Britain at a time when there is Brexit from the European Union (EU). We currently have the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in this country where they are discussing issues of trade. However, these powerful countries and multinationals come here because of their selfish interests. It is not good for us to ... view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the Motion for Adjournment pertaining discussion of a definite matter of national importance on increased cases of schools being burnt in the country. view