Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. view
• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Kiminini, FORD-K): Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. The Committee of the whole House is the heart of law making. When it comes to Clause 18(1)(a), we had an opportunity to discuss and we agreed on the word “shall”. Such a mistake was, maybe, done by design. How I wish the Chairman could move an amendment right now so that we amend the word “may” to “shall” because we are likely… Any time we pass laws here, they go to the Government Printer and then we see the mistake we made by allowing to recommit at an appropriate time. view
• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. As you said earlier, the Committee of the whole House is the heart of legislation. The Chair has mentioned that this amendment is for inclusivity. But when you look at the words he is changing, it is not. Justification is subject to the words being amended. For instance, you propose deletion of the word ‘impose’ appearing after the words ‘the Board’ and substituting therefor with the word ‘enforce’. In terms of context, the word ‘enforce’ does not add up unless there is still some confusion. So, justification needs some more specificity. view
• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I am seated next to Hon. Wamunyinyi, who has explained to me the context in which Hon. Osotsi has clearly said what he has said. However, considering what Hon. Eseli has said, it is true that when it comes to privatisation, the company law is there to protect you if you have a majority shareholding. However, in this case, the amendment is saying that if it is a public entity that is going to be privatised, whoever comes in should not be given a majority shareholding. However, in business there is the principle of willing-buyer, willing-seller; ... view
• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: shareholding remains in the hands of the public. If a Government entity goes private and someone wants to invest in new technology to improve the efficiency of the plant, but he dictates that he must have a majority shareholding of, say, 51 per cent, as Hon. Eseli has said, because this is a very delicate balance; then this provision will negate the principle of privatisation and may not attract new investors. However, based on the context of Mumias, for purposes of safeguarding the interests of farmers, I support. view
• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. We have the technical team in this House, that is the Clerks and normally there is a procedure for amending. For instance, I am an active Member when it comes to the Committee of the whole House. There should be proper justification from the Chairman why we are deleting Clause 31 in totality. This is because if we want to improve on it, we do an amendment. In this case, we are deleting in totality and coming up with totally another new clause. Both are talking about the Arbitration Tribunal. That is why Members ... view
• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. Hon. Oundo needs to know that whether an issue went through winnowing or not, this House carries precedence. A committee can bring an amendment and this House can reject it. So, it is upon the Mover of that particular amendment to convince the plenary. I want to agree with Hon. Wamunyinyi. We want to be convinced why the proposed amendment should be deleted because ordinarily, in terms of process, it should have been amended and where there is inadequacy as provided for in this Clause 31, we can put an amendment that we are ... view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: It is true the Constitution allows anyone to petition this House. Looking at this Petition, I have no doubt that this House has what it takes to look at it favourably. Since it also requires public participation, we are just requesting the relevant committee to look at the Petition objectively and bring the matter on the Floor of this House. As we speak about this, there are unique functions particularly of the officers that he has talked about. There are also issues to do with discrimination, I have no doubt that Wanjiku had decided on the issue of discrimination in ... view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: It is true the Constitution allows anyone to petition this House. Looking at this Petition, I have no doubt that this House has what it takes to look at it favourably. Since it also requires public participation, we are just requesting the relevant committee to look at the Petition objectively and bring the matter on the Floor of this House. As we speak about this, there are unique functions particularly of the officers that he has talked about. There are also issues to do with discrimination, I have no doubt that Wanjiku had decided on the issue of discrimination in ... view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to take this opportunity to salute all the teachers on this World Teachers’ Day. The theme of this year is: ‘Teachers at the heart of education recovery’. We are undergoing very extraordinary circumstances under the challenges of COVID-19 but our teachers have worked tirelessly to ensure the education calendar is followed as planned. There is a Swahili saying, “ Uchungu wa mwana, aujuaye ni mzazi ”, but “ Uchungu wa view