Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

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• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: should be scrapped, and this is an idea that hon. Wangwe has been having since we entered this Parliament. So thank you hon. Wangwe; I know that in a short while we are going to have this Bill implemented. We thank his Excellency for the executive order, but unfortunately, in case we get a rogue President, that executive order cannot be sustained. Therefore, it is, indeed, important that we have a law in place, so that whoever comes in is obligated not charge exam fees. When you look at the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), particularly Goal No.2, which talks of ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: private hospitals it is totally different. Some of these private schools are, therefore, profit making. If the parents can afford--- We should be focusing on public schools and not private schools. I was sharing something with one of my colleagues in the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology. It is good they are supporting this matter. You know there are committees which look for ways of frustrating nice Bills. I am happy and thankful to learn that the Committee of Education, Research and Technology is fully supporting this issue. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am requesting other ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I was listening to the Chairman in terms of justification; we know that at times when we have extraordinary circumstances, we need extraordinary measures. I am trying to imagine a situation where there is an emergency case or you are procuring an item - issues of security are sensitivity. How is it going to be addressed? Initially, I thought this provision is going to help in addressing such a matter, but after listening to Hon. Sakaja I am not convinced how this clause is going to encourage abuse or cases of corruption. I am trying ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this is a very critical point. You could get professional services, say, medical or pharmaceutical services. The pharmacists have their own professional body. Those who have a diploma in pharmacy are pharmaceutical technologists and they too have their professional body. So, what discretion are you going to use in this case? I am saying this with due respect to Eng. Gumbo. We know that there is a Bill coming which is controversial in nature in that it stipulates that an engineer must be a graduate. We have engineers who have diplomas say, from the former Kenya ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: of quality. In line with the PFM Act, we are going to negate the issue of quality. I am looking at this amendment as one which is going to disadvantage other professionals. I do not know how the Chairman or Eng. Gumbo are going to address this concern. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. When you look at the current regulations of public procurement based on the evaluation, we have a section on technical evaluation and financial evaluation. Unless you meet the minimum threshold of the technical evaluation, you will not be allowed to proceed to the financial evaluation. So, bearing this in mind, and these are the existing regulations for the procurement experts, if we emphasise the issue of the minimum professional fees, are we not going to negate the financial evaluation? view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. Indeed, this is a good amendment. I sit in the Public Investments Committee (PIC) and we have seen a lot of issues, especially with parastatals. They come up with an amount of more than Kshs5 billion and yet the Attorney-General is not aware of anything. This is a good issue. However, my worry is that we should not do this, only for Cabinet Secretaries to take advantage of the situation and then we end up having a lot of bureaucracies, as hon. (Eng.) Kiragu said. My concern is on the county governments. I want ... view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: No, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. When the Departmental Committee Chair moves an amendment, he needs to explain why he has brought it. We are not hearing that from him. We cannot just be rubber-stamping amendments. He needs to explain the merits of the amendments so that we know. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I am agitated because when you look at this amendment---- view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The amendment is good but my worry is that the way it is framed can lead to abuse. This is because when you talk of “disadvantaged”, we know very well that there was an element of the youth, women and the disabled in matters of procurement. I am imagining of a situation where one is in a county where we have a marginalised group. Suppose this marginalised group is the only one that has applied, do we qualify that as a disadvantage? It is, indeed, important that clarification should have been ... view