Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to second this Bill. First and foremost, I want to congratulate Hon. Sakaja for such a wonderful Bill. Research has shown that 40 per cent of the people in this country are unemployed. Further, research has shown that 70 per cent of the unemployed are the youth. So, a majority of the people who suffer, and the people who walk in the streets with brown envelops looking for jobs, are the youth. view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: We are told the future of this country is in the hands of the youth. Unless we invest in the youth as a country, we will not go anywhere. Other jurisdictions, for example the United States of America, have put youth measures in place. It is a good example for Kenya to follow. The youth we have in this country can be utilised if we exploit the opportunity and we can move very far. 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
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to mention the issue of public procurement. We know that it is a commitment from the Jubilee Government that 30 per cent of all public tenders must go to the youth. The Bill on this passed through this House. We debated and said that 30 per cent of the job opportunities in the county governments and the national Government should go to the youth. When you look at the Jubilee Manifesto and the CORD Manifesto, you realise that the emphasis is on job opportunities. In the CORD Manifesto, we have talked about jobs. We ... view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: “The State shall take measures, including affirmative action programmes, to ensure that the youth- (c) access employment” Again, when you go to Article 56(c) of the Constitution, it clearly puts measures in place and says that:- “The State shall put in place affirmative action programmes designed to ensure that minorities and the marginalised groups- (c) are provided special opportunities for access to employment.” The youth belong to the marginalised. If you look at the advertisements in the newspapers, they say that they want a person with certain qualifications and experience of five to ten years. Where will a youth get ... view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: yesterday. We should move with speed, so that this body can be in place to make employment opportunities for the youth available. view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Recently, I visited a county and when I did a quick evaluation, I realised that some county governments have employed executive officers, but there are no youths. When you look at the Cabinet of the Jubilee Government, do we have any youths? I want to be answered. I hope His Excellency the President is listening. The Cabinet Secretaries who have stepped aside because of corruption should be replaced with youths. I want to tell the President, could you nominate youths? The names should come quickly, so that we can approve them. We want the youths to be represented in the ... view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we are hoping he is going to do that. I was doing a study on the parastatals in this country using the upper echelons theory and I realised that most of the boards of parastatals have no youths. The shoe wearer knows where it pinches. When it comes to employment, majority of the people who are getting these top executive jobs are not the youth. So, when it comes to employment, they are following suit and majority are not the youth. Until we put youth in decision making bodies, we are not going to go places. ... view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: It is, indeed, important that there must be a paradigm shift in our universities. We should not continue training in the old way of doing things. Some new things have come up. We have some emerging disciplines. So, we must try to embrace the new things that are coming up, so that the right curricula can be developed. Once the youth are trained, they will have the skills that will help them to match the demand in industry. I know my time has gone, but let me lastly mention that when it comes to representation, I know we are talking ... view
• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. At the outset I want to say I support this mediated version of the Division of Revenue Bill. Before that, I want to thank the Committee on Mediation under the chairmanship of my friend hon. Rev. Mutava Musyimi. Indeed, it was not an easy task. In the spirit of mediation, the spirit of win-win and give and take is very critical. That is why they managed to come up with something. It is very surprising that there is no provision in law in case of collapse of these talks. I tend to believe that maybe this ... view
• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Even for simple Bills, we are going for mediation. Indeed, it is wastage of time. Look at the Kshs1 billion that the Senate was given for monitoring and evaluation and for purposes of playing oversight role. The National Assembly oversees the national Government. We are not given any money to use when it comes to oversight. This is because oversight is being done through the committees. So, we fail to understand why they want the Kshs1billion. In budget-making, we make use of a dichotomous approach. If you are saying that this is the expense, you must know where the revenue ... view