Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2801 to 2810 of 3399.

• 10 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I rise to support but we have some issues with some candidates which I am going to highlight. It is very historical. It is the first time that this House is vetting ambassadors. I sat through the Committee meetings. I asked questions. I was very observant and one thing I realised is that we had very good candidates and we also had candidates who were average. view
• 10 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, when you look at the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act reading from Section 7, it is very clear. It says, and I want to read for those who do not have it. It reads:- “The issues for consideration when it comes to vetting is that you are going to look at the suitability of the nominee for the appointment proposed, having regard to whether the nominee has abilities, experience and the qualities.” Hon. Speaker, in terms of criteria, much as the academic qualifications are not highlighted here, but it contributes heavily when it comes to suitability and ability. ... view
• 10 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, for now, in our foreign policy, we are focusing on economic diplomacy. When you talk about economic diplomacy, you are looking at the issues of trade. We asked some nominees issues about the trade balance and they did not even know what trade balance is and those are the people who are going to represent His Excellency the President in foreign countries. Hon. Speaker, we are passing this list with a lot of reservations because some could not measure to the threshold and my colleagues who are from the Committee will agree with me. Others said we are ... view
• 10 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, if I am pushed, I will name the nominees because it was on television. Everybody was watching and when you say you speak English, this means fluent English that people can understand and you can be able to communicate. You can be speaking fluent English or broken English but if you push me, I can name them. Hon. Speaker, as we move to economic diplomacy--- view
• 10 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. As we vetted, we went round--- view
• 10 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: I have not finished hon. Speaker. As I continue, when it comes to economic diplomacy, issues of taxation and labour laws are very critical. It is important that the nominee that we get should be able to understand and internalize issues of taxation and labour laws because those are very critical as far as bilateral agreements or treaties are concerned. view
• 10 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, there was the issue of academic qualifications. We had candidates who--- view
• 10 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to respond if you allow me. view
• 10 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: If you go to the list where we have signed as Members - and I raised this issue when we were in the vetting – you can see the headline says:- “The Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations attendance of the meeting held on this day at 3.00 p.m. afternoon.” view
• 10 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: We signed. Afterwards, you can see some handwritten insert which was done and we did not have any adoption list. It has been written: “Adoption of the Report vetting of the Director-General and Ambassadors.” view