Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

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• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Article 204 (3) (b) of the Constitution gives the framework of the counties. When you read this Bill clearly on the statement of how the Bill concerns county governments, it says that it does not affect the functions of the county governments as set out in Schedule 4 of the Constitution. Therefore, it is not a Bill concerning county governments. We need to debate this. Article 204 of the Constitution gives a structure of how these funds can be channelled. It brings in the element of the county governments. When the Hon. Member will be replying, I request him to ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: The challenge was that you can go to a specific constituency and you find that a specific ward has been defined as a hardship or marginalised area. So, it does not guarantee that a whole constituency is categorised as a hardship or marginalised area. That is why they said that we should go up to the ward level. What I am happy about is that it has proposed that the funds go through the wards so that we have a local development committee. When we get to the Committee of the whole House, I will move an amendment so that ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Let me finish. Article 204 (1) of the Constitution says: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: ”204 (1) There is established an Equalisation Fund into which shall be paid one half per cent of all the revenue collected by the national government each year calculated on the basis of the most recent audited accounts of revenue received, as approved by the National Assembly.” That is what I said. I said one half. One half is not a point five. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Exactly. That is why I am now quoting the Constitution. It is 0.5 per cent of the last audited national revenue. This money is so much. The question is where this money has been going. That is especially because the NG-CDF is 2.5 per cent and it is subdivided among all the 290 constituencies. You will see an NG-CDF project wherever you go in this country. It is the only Fund whose effects are felt across the country. If you go to any village in the country, or Hon. Kamket’s constituency, or Turkana County, or Lamu County, you will see ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: The Division of Revenue Bill is very important and it comes every year. Its essence is to divide the national revenue between two levels of government: the national Government and the county governments. We had CDF. Initially, we tried to position it on its own, but when we went to court the court said that we have only two levels of government, so it could only go under the national Government level. That is why we amended the CDF Act to be the NG-CDF Act. So, we get CDF funds from the portion of the national government allocation. So, when ... view
• 12 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of order. view
• 12 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: The point of order is this: Is the Member, a good friend of mine, Hon. Beatrice, in order to mislead the House by saying that we have borrowed Kshs9 trillion? I think this House increased the ceiling to borrow to Kshs9 trillion. We never borrowed Kshs9 trillion. Please, that is just a matter of correction. view
• 7 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I take this opportunity to thank you for the decision. I just got a text message from one of my friends who is a Member of Parliament in America and is a Republican. He has just told me to congratulate you and Hon. Duale for standing up for the family. I did not know that that clip had gone viral. I was just sharing it with Nuncio who is the official ambassador of the Vatican and he was very excited. As Africans, we must stand for family values. I salute you for that and thank Hon. Shamalla because ... view
• 7 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. It is important to know that any international treaty or agreement that Kenya is part and parcel of must be ratified by this House for it to enjoy the full force of law. Many international treaties or agreements take too long to come to this House for ratification. So, it is my humble request that the Executive - I am sure they are listening - expedites their ratification, so that after they are signed, they do not take long to be brought to this House. view