Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This is a House of records and traditions. In line with our Standing Orders, when a debate has been concluded, you can only carry forward the voting. It was in order for the Speaker to allow the Leader of the Majority Party to reply then you can postpone the voting. view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support and thank the Committee although I have some reservations. We have key priority projects that each constituency needs. The National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) has not been sufficiently resourced, particularly as regards bursary, school infrastructure development and roads. This originated from the Ministry. I wish it originated from a Member of Parliament. At times good ideas come. They are conceptualised by somebody with intention of making money from certain projects. The issue of public participation, as outlined here, is very critical. view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Of course, we appreciate that the internet is very critical. In many advanced countries, you will find free internet everywhere. This will play a critical role as far as entrepreneurship is concerned, particularly for young people. At times the internet has some demerits. Instead of being innovative, some lazy young people use the internet to abuse Members of Parliament for no reason. view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: As they implement this, we need to have a clear framework. If the Ministry is going to provide this service for free in all the constituencies, it will be wonderful. However, if we are going to be forced to fund it through the NG-CDF, the way we were forced in other projects, it will be unfair. The Cabinet Secretary in charge should ensure that this is provided for free across the country. We had the school laptop project. I do not know whether free laptops were offered in schools. I have been moving round but I have not seen them. ... view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Yesterday, we saw the Auditor-General making sweeping statements on television to the effect that a lot of NG-CDF resources across the country are being wasted. We must make sure that the public knows whether the audit queries that have been raised are cleared because he is sending the wrong signals. For example, in Kiminini Constituency, the Procurement Management Committee (PMC) members were trained. They called teachers and head teachers and taught them how to implement projects as well as on issues of public procurement. It is very The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. ... view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: painful when the Auditor-General says that there was no invitation letter. They were invited through short text message. We know that the mode of communication that is cheap and quick is short text message. So, it leaves a lot to be desired if the Auditor-General goes to some constituencies and questions the mode of inviting participants for a training that is offered by the Government with facilitators from the Auditor-General’s Office and the Public Procurement Office, just because they were invited through short text messages. I was surprised that he raised that one as an audit query, saying that there ... view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: While I support these ICT hubs, I request the Government to offer them for free rather than pass the responsibility to the NG-CDF. view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I support. view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I rise to support the amendment as proposed by the Chair of the Committee. When you look at it, it is all inclusive. Different critical stakeholders are actually represented. So, in case of any conflict, I think the representation is there and it can be ironed out in an amicable manner. I support. view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill because it is long overdue. I say this because as Parliament we passed other legislative policies that were operationalising other independent commissions. Unfortunately, for Parliamentary Service Commission we had not passed it, I think it is because Parliament already had something that existed before. view