Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

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• 18 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We support what we are debating today. I want to bring a point home that the success of every debate has a positive correlation to who is in the Chair. We call upon the Members of Speaker’s Panel to be in the House to learn and benchmark. At times, when there is critical Bill coming on the Floor of the House as leadership, we discuss and say we wish the Speaker was on the Chair. I am not saying they have been doing poorly, but they can also pull up their socks. view
• 18 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Many a times when some are on that seat, you find the level of discipline in this House goes down. Yet, they enjoy similar benefits to yours Hon. Speaker. So, we want them to be firm when they are on the seat because success depends on the Chair. On matters to do with relevance, you find somebody taking a lot of time speaking on irrelevant matters. Yet, relevance is clearly stated in our Standing Orders. Also, there are many repetitions. view
• 18 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, today I am happy because I can see three Members of the Speaker’s Panel here. I do not know where the other one is. Ametoka! So, as we put rules and regulations regulating debate, it is important for us to discuss the conduct of our Speaker’s Panel because they play a critical role. There was a time we were debating and I do not want to name who was in the Chair. It was very difficult for that person to control the House. So, the way they carry themselves in terms of firmness and decision-making has a positive ... view
• 18 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: So, as we move forward because today, we are discussing the dos and don’ts, it is important for them to go for more benchmarking training programmes. So far, they have been doing very well but there is room for them to do better and pull up their socks. As Hon. Kajwang’ mentioned, debate on the Motion on the Presidential Address is very critical. I agree with Hon. Mbadi that the Leader of the Minority Party in this House is like the official opposition leader and he is supposed to provide a critique. How I wish that when the Leader of ... view
• 18 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: add him more time. When it comes to matters of accounting, Hon. Mbadi is here. I think discretion is provided for under Standing Order No.1. That discretion can always be practised so as to improve the value of debate. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 18 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion and request the Government to move with speed and declare this matter a national disaster. I was reading the Bible in the book of Exodus because this needs some biblical interventions. I will read Exodus 10:4 and it states: 4. “If you refuse to let my people go tomorrow, I will bring the locusts.” Moving to Exodus 10:12 it states: 12. “And the Lord said unto Moses, “Stretch your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts to come upon the land and eat every herb”. This ... view
• 18 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: be able to eliminate the locusts. Locusts come to destroy. They destroy everything that is green. I am told they have reached Kisumu. On the way to Kisumu using the plane, I was told that some landed in the Rift Valley in Kericho. They will come to Kitale, the food basket of this country. When we talk about food security, this is a serious matter. When I listened to the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Agriculture saying that this is a matter that should not be declared a national disaster, I was shocked. Why must you declare it a national ... view
• 18 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: When the Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Kiunjuri was sacked, I saw a cartoon in the newspaper of him being carried away by locusts. Maybe very soon, we will see another locust with Kimunya because he has not sorted out the problem. We want this matter to be resolved. view
• 18 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: I said Munya. The Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture is not Kimunya. He is Munya. It is high time the Government moved with speed. We should look for emergency funds. In this country, we have emergency funds. What is that emergency fund doing? It is lying at the National Treasury. We should deploy the funds to counter the locusts. If not, Kenya is going to have a problem. We call upon spiritual leaders to come in terms of spiritual nourishment so that we can save this country from the calamity that is going to come very soon. I thank you. view
• 10 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of my family, Kiminini Constituency and Trans Nzoia County at large, we send a message of condolences to the Moi family. I am a beneficiary of President Moi’s bursary. I salute him for that. I salute President Moi for he handed over power peacefully after 24 years. Despite the insults he received, he handed over power. We will continue remembering President Moi. He was a God-fearing President. We call upon the incoming presidents to be God-fearing. We salute him. May his soul rest in peace. view