Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am, indeed, in order. The Petition starts by saying that GDC is 100 per cent owned by Kenyans. I was giving an example to show that this is not just limited to the GDC, but we also have other corporate organizations which are owned by the Government like the KRA, and even this Parliament where such things happen. We need to know the staff in terms of regional balancing. We have issues. So, this is an opportunity to show that we want to have accountability and openness. I can see hon. Pukose looking at me, because his ... view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, my friend, the Leader of Majority Party was not on a point of order. You had given him an opportunity to contribute and I was to raise a point of order, because he is misleading this House in terms of the word “deemed”. I do not think the word “deemed” is an adjective. It is a verb but he told us it is an adjective, which is wrong. I wanted him to correct that. It is a verb. view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The Leader of Majority Party has said what I was going to say. It brings confusion and removes clarity. As he clearly puts it, the Bill is about Public Service. As he has explained, “by Public Service”, we mean all the commissions which have already been given a description. Going back is going to create chaos. We should not accept that amendment. view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I am a bit worried. I agree with the spirit behind that amendment, but when you just leave it as “elected leaders”, it is open-ended. When you look at the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), their leaders are also elected. When you look at all other groups that he has mentioned, members are also elected. It needs a bit of justification, so that we do not bring in confusion. In any case, when you talk of elected leaders, are you also talking of the county elected leaders, namely the MCAs? There are Members of the National ... view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. As we move forward, those constitutional Bills have been having issues. As much as we have managed to do this, we want to thank hon. Members and, particularly, the Chairman of the Departmental Committee for the work well done. We want to call upon the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC) - I cannot see the Chairman, hon. Baiya here - that as we move on with those constitutional Bills, as hon. Members of that respective Committee, they should come up with individual bills, Private Bills that are constitutional so that we do not embarrass ... view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 25 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. Environment is something which is very critical. If I remember the words of the late Prof. Wangari Maathai, who was passionate and compassionate about the environment, she said that if you do not take care of nature, nature will destroy you. It is key that we should discuss this Bill, which is very critical. Right now, when you look at the new proposed sustainable development goals, you find that the matters of environment are highlighted. We have a lot of changes as far as the climate is concerned, because of the poor management of environment. I ... view
• 25 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: provinces and districts. That is why it is very critical. We must align it to the current Constitution. However, on the issue of the county, I wish that these committees could go further to have sub-county levels. In this case, we are referring to the constituencies. For example, in Busia County, we have different constituencies like Budalangi which is a sub-county. It has its own uniqueness. We want to propose that when it comes to the Committee of the whole House, so that we have the national and county committees and also sub-county committees. This should be a constituency, so ... view
• 25 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This is a serious matter. When it comes to security matters, the buck stops at Presidency. As we speak today, I am hoping His Excellency the President is listening. He is the Head of State and on the issues of security, the buck stops with him. We cannot just condemn others and leave the leadership. We have been told several times--- The Westgate issue was there. There was also the Kapedo issue. We have been told of Mpeketoni and now it is The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. ... view
• 25 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Mandera. Tomorrow it is going to be Nairobi. Are we really safe? It is the responsibility of the Government to protect the security of Kenyans plus their property. The Head of State has all the security apparatus and he should ensure that action is taken. On the issue of Mr. ole Lenku, he may not be in the operation but he is there in terms of leadership. We are speaking with bitterness because we are not safe. This is the time that--- view