Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

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• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. At the outset, I support this Bill. I thank the Committee for a work well done, though this Bill has been long overdue. Wednesday morning is normally time for private Members’ Bills. I was just wondering how come we are debating this Bill. It is supposed to come in the afternoon. In view of the fact that the Access to Information Bill by Hon. Nyokabi is also on the Order Paper, I do not know how we are going to go about that. Education is very critical to the success ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: included in the appointment of school principals. When you talk of consultation, it does not necessarily mean concurrence but as critical stakeholders, they must be involved. Hon. Deputy Speaker, another thing is about the boards. It is important that a Member of Parliament, as the representative of the people, is included. This is because at the constituency level, the buck stops with the Member. The health function has been devolved, but as a Member, if you go to your constituency, you will find people coming to you. So, indeed, the Member of Parliament must be involved as far as the ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: idea, but in this case, I support what the Committee has said. We should not put any incentives for the pupils to complete basic education, but instead we must make basic education compulsory. If someone drops out in the village, the chief must be answerable. He or she should explain why the pupil is not going to school. Many children are not going to school but instead are being radicalized and that is why we are having problems. Education is a critical element in the success of an individual. It does not matter who your mother or father is, or ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Clause 13 is key in terms of ranking students because bursaries should be given to those students who fall within the first quartile. This money is meant for poor children who cannot afford school fees, but are bright in school. You cannot fund somebody because he is poor, but he is number last. This is because he is not going to add value. We want this ranking to be made compulsory so that this can be submitted to the County Education Board for it to know the bright and intelligent children from needy backgrounds. This ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: 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
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: I do not want to listen to what Hon. Chege is saying, but she has done good work. The last thing that I want to talk about is on the categorisation. Clause 14 proposes to amend the categorisation of basic educational institutions which include the sponsored and others. view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: I still have some time, Hon. Pukose. You know Hon. Pukose is my neighbour. He should listen to what I have said, so that we avoid repetitions. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support this Bill. view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. Tax procedures in this country have been very hectic. Kenyans are hustlers and most of the time, when the procedure is very complicated it is difficult for them to comply. The key objective of this Bill is to harmonise and consolidate all the laws for purposes of keeping it simple so that people can pay taxes. I have gone through this Bill. Since we have devolution, during the Third Reading, we should have a provision on how the taxes can be collected in the counties. Counties have been collecting taxes ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, a number of counties do not disclose what they are supposed to collect. For instance, they can declare that they are going to collect Kshs3 billion but they only disclose Kshs500 million. We have had corruption in this section. It will be nice if we can go further during the Committee of the whole House and look into this issue. 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
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: This Bill empowers the Commissioner-General of the KRA. In the last financial year, the KRA did not achieve its targets and this affected Kenyans, who now borrow from the domestic market. We know domestic borrowing makes the cost of doing business high. Many commercial banks prefer when the Government turns into domestic borrowing. We saw the Treasury Bills go as high as 23 per cent and commercial banks interest rates went as high as 30 per cent because of the risk percentage. If these procedures are simplified the KRA will collect funds which will help the Government to meet its ... view