Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, I know what Ichung’wah is after. Do you want me to disclose what you told me? I will not disclose but if you continue I will disclose it. Do not pretend. view
• 12 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I congratulate the BAC for work well done. I know what it means because I served in the BAC in the last Parliament. At a time like this, normally the Committee is very busy. We are in a presidential system where Parliament is the budget-making House. We have said that before. However, as we speak right now, this Parliament is not even a budget- making House. Why am I saying so? It is because there is a lot of influence from the National Treasury when it comes to the budget-making process. ... view
• 12 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: When we have such a process, the Committee needs to go further and give us an overview of the previous budget implementation. It is not given anywhere! We raised these issues during the last financial year where we said it is crucial for the BAC to inform Members about the status of implementation of the previous Budget so that you debate from an informed perspective. The issue of giving us these extractions from nowhere is misplaced. I am saying so because when you talk of budget-making, this is just a routine. It does not mean anything. When you go to ... view
• 12 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: As the Hon. Leader of the Majority Party has said, the important issue of budget-making in any parliament cannot be taken for granted. In many jurisdictions, the budget is prepared by the upper House. In this country we have two Houses: The Senate and the National Assembly. Because budget-making is done by the National Assembly, it goes without saying that the National Assembly is the upper House. We are saying this so that our colleagues in the Senate get to know. This is the criterion in many other jurisdictions. An upper House is the one that has the jurisdiction of ... view
• 12 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Going back to the Budget Estimates, I would like to say that, ordinarily, you must pass the Division of Revenue Bill first then you go to the Budget Estimates. After that, the Cabinet Secretary comes here to give us the revenue-raising measures. From there, we move to the Finance Bill. As we speak right now, we have not passed the Division of Revenue Bill. We know very well that the talks in the Mediation Committee collapsed. We are calling upon them and especially our brothers in the Senate to know that it is not a competition. We must do this ... view
• 12 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: These are some of the questions we are asking and later on when the Chair of the Committee will be responding we need him to look into that. view
• 12 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: The Budget Policy Statement (BPS) and the Budget Estimates have a big variance. The objective of the BPS is to give the priority areas. So, the Budget Estimates must be aligned to the 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
• 12 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: BPS. There is a variance because we are told of a difference of Kshs78 billion. This is to tell you that we need commitment. When the Budget Policy Statement is tabled in the House, it is obviously expected that the Budget Estimates must align themselves to it. So, we need to correct this as we move on. view
• 12 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Corruption is a big problem in this country. When we talk about the fight against corruption there are independent commissions which need to be funded well. I have quickly gone through how much they have been allocated and it is not significant. How do you expect… view
• 12 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when we prepare to come here and you do not give us enough time to debate, it is very unfortunate. Let me go quickly to the Political Parties Fund. In the Constitution, it says 0.3 per cent of the Budget should go to the Political Parties Fund. The National Treasury has never allocated the 0.3 per cent yet this Fund is important. We do not have individuals funding political parties at their will. view