Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 741 to 750 of 3399.

• 24 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Is the Hon. Member in order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, to mention a name of the person who is trafficking drugs in Lamu on the Floor of the House while the person cannot defend himself? Does she have evidence that she can table before this House to show that the accused person is the one who is trafficking drugs in Lamu? view
• 23 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Chair of the Committee has spoken. If you internalise what he has said, he is actually against these amendments. He is just shying away from being bold and saying whatever recommendation Hon. Kaluma is putting across, from the technical team of Parliament, he is opposed to it. I serve in the Public Investments Committee (PIC) and the practice has been otherwise. We have had issues of procurement and many international organisations have not had any obligations that they must be registered locally. In fact, I was actually shocked when I heard that this requirement must ... view
• 23 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: are to implement the Companies Act of 2015, which was recently passed, then that is a different story. That is my take. view
• 28 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to try as much as possible to operationalise the term “pecuniary interest” for purposes of easy understanding. view
• 28 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Standing Order No.90 is derived from Article 122 of the Constitution. Declaration of interest in this case is based on bias. If you are likely to be biased, unfair or skewed, for instance, the law firm you indicated, and if you are listening to a petition and observations …. view
• 28 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Absolutely, Hon. Speaker. If it is a petition you are listening to, you are supposed to give an objective judgment or decision based on the observations. In this case, if a petition is being presented in which you have pecuniary interests that will affect your decision so that you are unfair, skewed or biased, then you need to step aside. It happens even in courts. When a magistrate or a judge is listening to a matter and they are related to the person petitioning and that is likely to affect their decision so that you are biased, they disqualify themselves. ... view
• 28 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, in that context, what Hon. Sossion was supposed to have done then is to declare that he was going to the Committee not as Member of the Committee, but going to present on behalf of KNUT because he is the Secretary-General. He should have distinguished that and became a witness. I do not see any problem with that because he is the Secretary-General, he is the spokesperson. He should have gone to the Committee not as a Member of the Committee but to present on behalf of KNUT. By The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is ... view
• 28 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: the time they are writing the Report, he will also excuse himself not to be there because he is biased in a certain way. If he is in the decision-making, he is likely to be biased, unfair or skewed. I do not see any problem for him to tell the Committee that he is appearing before it not as its Member but as the Secretary-General in the witness box and make a presentation so that in case of any question, he will clarify it. I do not see any problem with that so long as full disclosure has been given. view
• 28 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: If he sat as a Member of the Committee, he has no business again to help the witnesses because they are incapacitated. He should have informed them beforehand that he would be appearing as a Member of the Committee and he would cross examine them or ask questions. He should not be the one answering questions. There must be a distinction. I do not see any problem for the Member of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare being in the Departmental Committee on Education and Research because they have the expertise. When they are writing a report, Hon. ... view
• 28 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view