Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: will add value in the production of sugar and help the small scale sugarcane farmer to compete with the rest of cane farmers in the world. Another issue is the fuel levy. Once you raise the levy, you increase the cost of living. In ploughing, the common farmer relies on diesel. In other words, the production cost will still go up. That is why we say that the Budget Statement that was presented by CS Rotich did not put into consideration the common mwananchi. The moment the fuel levy goes up, transport cost will go up. The common mwananchi who ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, you have said that this is a House of records. I want to seek your direction pertaining to the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. Is the Mover in order to stand up and, without giving brief highlights pertaining to this particular Bill, purport to move? I know Members are supposed to read the Bill but at times, they do not have time. They listen to the contribution in the Chamber. Is the Mover in order to stand up and move the Bill without giving brief highlights? The Seconder did the same thing. There are no highlights on the ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. From the outset, this is a very critical Bill. It is high time we had Chairpersons of Committees who are knowledgeable on matters being addressed by the Bill before the House. They must give enough information to Members so that Members can debate from an informed perspective. If you are not the Leader of the Majority Party, who has spoken adequately about this Bill, you will not understand it. The way the Chairman moved this Bill was very embarrassing. When such Bills get to the Floor ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: “The National Treasury shall publish monthly reports on actual transfers of all allocations to the county governments”. It goes further to say in Section 9(1):- view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: “Each county treasury shall reflect all the transfers by the national Government.” In that particular Senate Sitting, when the Governor was asked to show the Report of the revenues in terms of transfer, he did not do it. When the Auditor-General goes to the respective counties for purposes of audit, they do not pay attention to these details. It is the highest time to put a measure in place to deal with the Auditor-General. There are a lot of corruption cases that are going on in that Office. That is an independent Office which we have allocated enough funds. When ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: I want to talk about the Commission for Revenue Allocation (CRA). It is their responsibility to come up with a formula for equitable sharing. It is very unfortunate that the currently formula they are using is on its fourth year now, as the earlier speaker has alluded to. This is the time we are calling upon the Cheserem Commission to review it. If a county was receiving more money, as time goes by, issues of poverty are bound to change. So, it is, indeed, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: important for that formula to change. For example, the level of poverty in Trans Nzoia County has been going up. view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: It is important to change the formula. If earlier counties were getting more money, they can be compensated. This is very critical. As we move on, this Bill has delayed. It is just coming now from the Senate. We know when it comes to the national level, we have a budget and are now moving the appropriate Bills. So, next time, the Senate must pay a lot of attention when it comes to the County Revenue Allocation so that it can come to this Floor at the right time. We do not want to delay county governments when it comes ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: In line with public participation, when doing itemized budgets, the public has to be involved. For instance, I happened to attend public participation in my county. People came, listened and stakeholders had been invited. For example, when it came to the items, a health centre from my village in Kiminini has been allocated Kshs.6 million for the last three years and yet, it has never been implemented. view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: That is why when it comes to the Elections Act, I am calling upon hon. Members to put academic qualifications there. This is because the role of a Member of Parliament (MP) or Member of County Assembly (MCA) is three folds - legislate, represent and provide oversight. You can imagine the governor is a graduate and has an MCA who did not even complete Form IV. I was in some area and they had an MCA who had not even completed Standard VIII. It becomes very difficult when it comes to aspects of oversight. One cannot understand what a cash ... view