David Mwaniki Ngugi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I agree with my classmate. We did some courses together. It is a known fact that if you go to a home anywhere in the rural areas, you will find two adults and no less than four children. So, there is a correlation between the two parents who are registered and the three, four or five children who have not even reached the voting age. Two, the Minister has said that he used one of the six formulas. I agree, but the same formula could adjust those figures that were low upwards ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me raise the point of order. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, is the Minister in order to mislead the House that the formula he used is correct when the projected figure for Kinangop was 200,000 plus yet he arrived at 192,379 through the census? view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I even do not intend to be too long because this is a Bill like the others that we have discussed, namely, the County Governments Bill and the Inter-Governmental Relations Bill, in which we have consulted quite heavily with the Minister. It is fairly well drafted and so, it does not have very much that needs improvement. However, this is a very important Bill. It provides the legal and institutional framework to provide for a well coordinated transition to devolved governments. As you see, it also provides for the transfer of functions to the National ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: So, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what we will be proposing in terms of amendment are few. The most fundamental is that this Parliament ought to be represented in some way in the authority that is being set up. In this respect, we will be proposing that the Clerk of the Senate should be among the people who sit in the authority. The other things we have noted is that we have discriminated against the youth. The Chair requires having 15 years of experience in addition to the Masters degree. Maybe we could reduce that to ten years. The secretary ... view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this chance to make my contribution to this Bill. First of all, I want to say that this is a Bill that has gone through a lot of consultations. The Committee of Local Authorities has been involved in various workshops with the Ministry in trying to come up with this Bill. At the same time, I want to thank the Minister because when we passed the Constitution, he was the first to set up a task force that looked into matters of devolution in a very thorough manner. view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Therefore, this Bill is a result of all those consultations, the results of the findings of the task force and others that are related to it, including the Intergovernmental Relations Bill and the Transition to Devolved Government Bill, which are the basis for a legal framework for devolution. It is from now that the Ministry for Local Authorities and other Ministries can have a basis for setting up county staff and county systems. I also want to say that this is a very important Bill because the whole purpose of passing the Constitution was so that we can devolve the ... view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill actualizes Chapter 11 of the Constitution. It also provides for what is in the national government to be duplicated in the County Governments. Having two levels of government means that whatever is happening at the national level should also be happening at the county government. So, the way this Bill is set is that, all the functions that are being carried out at the national level have also been devolved and are going to be carried out at the county government. That is why it establishes the County Assembly. In the national government, we ... view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in this Bill, the official languages are said to be English and Swahili. Even at the national level, we have a third language according to the Constitution. That is the sign language. Sign language has been left out in this Bill. That is one of the few amendments that will be put forward so that this Bill is in tune with the Constitution and provides for everybody as stipulated. view