Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: This Bill has been long overdue as I said. When it comes to the issues of tenure, it is important to think of continuity. We know governors have two terms. A term of any government is five years. It is important from what the Chairman has said that for purposes of continuity, they should have a term of six years so that if a term of a government comes to an end, at least we will have somebody who will be able to advise the incoming government. So, when we move to committee stage, it is important to amend that ... view
• 4 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: It is true this is a straightforward Bill. Also, when it comes to the county solicitor, he is supposed to be the assistant to the county attorney. When it comes to the qualifications, it goes without saying that if we amend the academic qualifications of the county attorney, we should view
• 4 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: 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
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. With due respect to Hon. Limo who is an expert on matters of finance, and is the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning…When it comes to the PFM Act, I expect him to give a justification. I have listened 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
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: carefully but he needs to give the justification. He has only mentioned that the PFM is just touching on Parliament. He has not given the justification of what is happening here. view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: He has already moved to the VAT Act. He has done very well on that but when it comes to the PFM, he has not given the specifics on this Act. view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. First and foremost, I want to give the background of Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bills. These are Bills which are kind of insignificant as per their objects. Historically, at times people sneak in some amendments which are significant, and this negates the principle of miscellaneous amendments. Going through this Bill, I find that there are some amendments which meet the threshold and some which are significant and, therefore, should not have appeared in this Bill. First, I salute Hon. Munyaka. The amendments to introduce the word ‘university’ ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: The amendment on the VAT Act that Hon. Limo explained very well is actually a minor issue of input and output tax. Of course, the issue of 6 per cent was introduced so that KRA can get a signal that “X” did business with “Y”. So, KRA gets to know that 6 per cent has been submitted and see whether the remaining 10 per cent has also been submitted or not. That way, KRA will tag the timeframe, so that if you go beyond the limit, you are charged a fine. That is very good. It qualifies as a miscellaneous ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: We have a bicameral system and we are here as brothers particularly for purposes of checks and balances. We know that very well. In this organisation, we have been having the Joint Services. The Joint Services means they are being shared between the National Assembly and the Senate. We have been having the Director General who has been heading this and it is true he has not been an accounting officer but we have a secretary in the meaning of Chapter 15 of the Constitution because this is an independent Commission. For consistency, to be like other independent commissions, it ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: use an Act of Parliament to amend what is stipulated in the Constitution. This is very wrong and it is in bad taste. It is important, if this is the motive, to obviously expect the Senate to debate on this matter. view