Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2001 to 2010 of 3399.

• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion and thank Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi for coming up with such a Motion which is going to bring a solution to our young people. Section 5 subsection 3 (a) and 3(b) of the Elections Act is very clear. It stipulates that if anybody has applied for an identification card and has the waiting card, the IEBC must accept that waiting card and allow that person to register as a voter. Article 38 of the Constitution is very clear. It says that every citizen has political rights. Article 38 (3) says ... view
• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, we still have so many old leaders. Some have retired. Politics does not require that you must retire from another profession to enter it. If you want to be in politics, do that at your prime age. There is something called “growth cycle”. As you grow up, whether you are a lawyer, an engineer or a teacher, your level of productivity goes down. We have so many people who retire at 70 or 75 years then come to seek for elective posts in politics. Where are the young people? We need them. For you to vie for ... view
• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The right to vote can only be exercised if you have a voter’s card. We have so many leaders who act with impunity and are corrupt. So, it is indeed important for the voters to be part and parcel of choosing our leaders and for them to do that they must be registered voters. view
• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I have heard sentiments from my colleagues saying that we should amend this Motion so that it can allow other things. It is difficult to amend because the Motion is based on the Elections Act. It is in the Elections Act in Section 5 (3)(a) and (b). It is already in the law. So, we are just calling upon--- If we amend this and allow things like passports it becomes difficult implementing it. view
• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Having said that, we are telling the Committee on Implementation of this House that they are sleeping on the job. We have passed many resolutions here but they have not been implemented. We call upon the Committee on Implementation that if a resolution has been passed in this House, it is indeed important that it must be implemented. Last time, we passed a Motion that we must have structured ranking when it comes to the Kenya Certificate of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from ... view
• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Secondary Examination (KCSE) and the Kenya Certificate of Primary Examination (KCPE). With impunity, the Cabinet Secretary (CS) went ahead and announced the results without structured ranking. Are we legislating in vain? Why should we pass these Motions yet they are not being implemented? It becomes very shameful. That is why we call upon the Committee on Implementation to follow up the House resolutions so that they can be implemented to the letter. That is why part of the Executive does not take Parliament seriously. The IEBC must implement this one immediately because it is already in the law. We are ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to second the Motion. This is very critical. As the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs has clearly indicated, there is no provision for extra money to be spent. The Board has enough money. As this process moves on, our request is that it must be time-bound because this extension has been there for long. It is good that we support this Motion so that the process of dispensing justice can be expedited. There is a lot of anxiety when you are waiting to be vetted. You tend to be ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. From the outset, I rise to support. While I support this, I listened carefully to Hon. Chepkong’a when he was moving this Bill. I did not hear him give a proper report. It is, indeed, important as we move on to be given a progress report so that we are told up date how many judges and magistrates have been vetted and how many are remaining. This is key. We also need to be explained to: Why the three months? What are the criteria of choosing the three months? Are ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: As we move on, the Chair of that Board, Justice Sharad Rao, is the same person who is chairing the Justice Tonui Tribunal. I am wondering whether he is going to compromise in terms of efficiency and effectiveness. I do not think he is going to have time to move on and yet, he is going to get involved in the Justice Tonui Tribunal. This is a question we expect to be answered when the Mover will be responding. view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The radical surgery that never was, was done during the time of Justice Ringera. Recently, about three or four months ago, the Chief Justice himself confirmed to Kenyans that the level of corruption in the Judiciary is very high. In fact, he was recommending that some of the judges who had already been vetted should be vetted again. Is there any value addition as far as this vetting is concerned or it is just a rubber stamp exercise? This is a critical question that we need answered. Secondly, we must know the time-frame. The time-frame that those people have been ... view