Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: I listened in terms of public participation. Article 118 of the Constitution is clear that we have to involve the public in any Bill or legislation. I am working on a law on public participation which we do not have. We are just using the Constitution. In this case, the Senate is critical in this matter, but in the spirit of Article 110, we are sneaking it out. In public participation, I never heard that any of the leadership of the Senate was represented. This matter has been here before you came to this Parliament. It has been an issue ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: We know very well many commissions have been operationalised through a statute law. We have commissions and we have operationalised them. The SRC has an SRC Act, TSC has the TSC Act but the Parliamentary Service Commission does not have an Act. This is the time we are trying to resolve this matter under the Parliamentary Service Bill which is on the Floor of this House. It came before the Statute Law. So, I find it mischievous and in bad taste to sneak this section to this Miscellaneous Amendment because it is too significant. Its objective is not insignificant. So, ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: There must be consistency when it comes to these independent commissions. I gave an example. It is like the Judicial Service Commission where the secretaries of those commissions are the accounting officers. So, for purposes of consistency, since the Parliamentary Service is also there, we cannot purport to create extras because it is stipulated there. So, the Clerk of the Senate is the one who is supposed to be the Accounting Officer. This will be in line with other independent Commissions. We are The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: trying to change the meaning of Article 127 to start creating other accounting officers. In the PSC, the Accounting Officer should the Secretary just like other independent commissions. The Secretary is the Clerk of the Senate. So, for purposes of consistency, that is my argument. view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We do not have a moodometer in this House to measure the mood of the House. This is a House of debate. It is indeed important that you allow us to raise some of the issues that we have. The Division of Revenue Bill goes through a serious process. We have the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) and IBEC. We have seen the budget going up. When the budget goes up, it goes without saying that the sharing amount should also go up. I was looking at Article 203(e) of the Constitution which says that as ... view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. As I support the amendment, I want to recognise the value added by Mr. Okiya Omtatah as far as oversight in this country is concerned. Mr. Okiya Omtatah was running for Senate under my party of FORD-Kenya in Busia County and the people of Busia can see what actually they missed. We wish him well in his future endeavours. A lot of things have gone wrong and Mr. Omtatah has been on the forefront to correct them. We know very well that there are many Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) which are funding different ... view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: As I conclude, we needed this commission like yesterday. There is a lot of hate speech in the country, which has resulted in divisions such as kieleweke and tanga tanga. Freedom of expression should not be hate speech. It is important that hate speech should be prevented. We want to see this commission being functional as quickly as possible. When Hon. Kaparo was appointed the Chair, I was one of the people who opposed it. Now that he has left office, I have not seen anything meaningful. We know very well that many people here have been going around making ... view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: I thank the Committee for the good work they have done and request Hon. Members to support this wonderful Bill. With those remarks, I support. view