Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I take this opportunity to salute Eliud Kipchoge for putting Kenya on the global map. I read about Eliud Kipchoge particularly his Christian faith. He is Catholic and before he went for the race, he prayed the rosary. This is to do with faith. I learnt about the mother who was praying all through for the son. We salute him. He has put us on the global map. In this country, we have The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: the Heroes Act. This is the time we want to see Heroes Act being operationalised. We want to see people like Eliud Kipchoge being given medals such as the Chief of the Order of the Burning Spear (CBS) and Elder of the Order of the Burning Spear (EBS). We have seen a gither i man getting Head of State Commendation (HSC). As we go for Mashujaa Day, wherever His Excellency the President and his advisers are, we want to see these great Kenyans being honoured. It is, indeed, true that heroes can be made, not born. He said he got ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. I listened carefully when Major Bashir was moving the Bill. Looking at livestock, I realise he focused more on the meat side and forgot to mention something on dairy. I want to give a full definition. My friend, Mheshimiwa, who is an expert in agriculture, has talked about agriculture in terms of crops and animals. Kenya is a signatory to the Maputo Declaration which states that 10 per cent of the GDP of the country must be invested in agriculture. When you break it down, we come to ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: from Kshs40. It is important that we have such a board which will look into ways of value addition to help the poor farmer. We have been told that livestock contributes to about 12 per cent of the GDP of this country but the investment is negligible. I thank and salute Hon. Major Bashir for coming up with this Bill. It will add value and provide employment in terms of value addition for our poor Kenyans. I just want to mention some of the products. When you talk of dairy, there is whole milk. In Githunguri, Kiambu County, farmers rely ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: The core business of the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) is not to give farmers fertiliser. However, it has been doing the fertiliser business which has brought a lot of corruption. When it comes to delivery on the ground, we do not get subsidised fertiliser. It was a wonderful idea. The law forming the Fertiliser Board was passed in this House and the President assented to it. However, up to now, six or seven years down the line, we do not have the Board in place. We are discussing about the Livestock and Livestock Products Marketing Board Bill today. ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: In my constituency, I have university graduates who rear livestock. You do not have to be employed to earn a living. About 70 per cent of unemployed people are the youths. It would be nice if young people picked up livestock and crop production so that they do not just sit at home and wait for employment. We are aware that unemployment is a big problem in this country. According to the best practices, borrowing is normally about 50 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). During President Mwai Kibaki’s regime, the Government borrowed up to 48 per cent. ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support the Bill. view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Indeed, the Petition is very important. Sometime back, we passed the Land Value Index Bill. Such laws are very critical. From 1985 to-date, they have not been compensated. How I wish the Government could take the time value of money into account. Sometimes, compensation delays for over 10 years but when it eventually comes, the Government does not consider the time value of money. It is time we included the time value of money when compensating people. A sum of Kshs1 million in 1995 should be equivalent to Kshs5 million right ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairman. I rise to support the amendment. We know that the regulator is supposed to provide some regulations. We have some Saccos that are doing pretty well. However, we need to determine the suitability of some of the directors in terms of capacity. The regulation can come up with a continuous capacity development programme so that they can perform their work. I have seen many Saccos going under because of the level of their directors in terms of capacity on issues to do with, say, Information Technology (IT). Some of them are analogue. Anybody can be trained ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Chair. This is a very important point in terms of sharing information. There is also something called lessons learned. You might want to invest in a venture and you can learn from another Sacco how they approached such an idea and succeeded. Saccos also face challenges. As my colleagues have mentioned, you can learn the best practises from other Saccos. People even go out for purposes of benchmarking. So, information sharing should be encouraged. We have the CRBs sharing information to know the risk of clients who want to run away from paying back their loans. ... view