Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3331 to 3340 of 3399.

• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order No.44(2)(c), I wish to request a Statement of clarification from the Chairman of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) on the sharing framework, or formula, for the CDF allocations for the period 2013 January to June between the 80 new constituencies and their respective parent constituencies or otherwise, bearing in mind that the new CDF Committee Members of all the 290 constituencies have been gazetted. view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I think the Chairman did not get me properly. What I meant was that you realize with the new constituencies, there are already existing projects which were falling in different constituencies. We know very well that those projects have already been allocated money. The problem is that the projects now fall in different constituencies. The issue is that some of those projects, as much as they are covered--- We need a clear framework in the sense of how that money is going to be disbursed, or how the people are going to sit together to agree and ... view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order No.44(2)(c), I wish to request a Statement of clarification from the Chairman of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) on the sharing framework, or formula, for the CDF allocations for the period 2013 January to June between the 80 new constituencies and their respective parent constituencies or otherwise, bearing in mind that the new CDF Committee Members of all the 290 constituencies have been gazetted. view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I think the Chairman did not get me properly. What I meant was that you realize with the new constituencies, there are already existing projects which were falling in different constituencies. We know very well that those projects have already been allocated money. The problem is that the projects now fall in different constituencies. The issue is that some of those projects, as much as they are covered--- We need a clear framework in the sense of how that money is going to be disbursed, or how the people are going to sit together to agree and ... view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Motion. First, I want to congratulate His Excellency the President for assenting to the Division of Revenue Bill. I want to confirm that, by him doing that it does not mean that he is declaring the Senate impotent. view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we are here as two Houses to work together as a team. Indeed, Kenya is a signatory to the East African Treaty and we are aware that other countries are supposed to be releasing their budgets within this week. So, I thank His Excellency the President because it is going to help us to adhere to the obligation that Kenya has in terms of releasing the Budget to avoid aspects of speculation. Indeed, it confirms that we are an Upper House for that matter. Hon. Speaker, Sir, agriculture is very critical and we know very well that the ... view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, more importantly, fertilizer is more critical as far as increasing the yields of our farmers and food security are concerned. I am happy the Committee recognized the importance of setting up a plant to manufacture fertilizer in this country. That is commendable job and I think it will add value in terms of enhancing food security in this country in line with the first goal of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which is elimination of extreme poverty and hunger. Hon. Speaker, Sir, research has shown that 70 per cent of the unemployed people in this country are the ... view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Security, indeed, is very important. If we want to attract investors, we must enhance security in this country. We have had a lot of insecurity cases. I am happy the Budget has put emphasis on security matters. As you can see, there is money allocated to purchase two aircraft for the police. This is very important compared to the Judiciary which was looking for a plane, but this was not a priority. When it comes to security, we support the purchase of the two aircraft. Again, in many police stations in this country, there is shortage of motor vehicles. In ... view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I think Hon. Lessonet did not get me right. I said that the Budget took note of some of the key areas which were not funded, but in the future, they are going to be funded including the purchase of the aircraft. Secondly, education is very important as far as the empowerment of any country is concerned. As an educationist, when we went round, we saw teachers bringing their grievances in terms of their promotions and some allowances. Indeed, this Committee took a lot of attention in terms of improving the welfare of teachers. As we can ... view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: but it is a starting point. The Budget and Appropriation Committee has done wonderful work. I request them to set aside more money in future, so that we can employ teachers for purposes of improving the education standard in this country. I beg to support. view