Enoch Kiio Wambua

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 781 to 790 of 2681.

• 4 Oct 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to begin by really congratulating the hon. Senator for bringing this Petition. I wish there was sufficient time to actually debate this matter. I have listened to a contribution by my colleague Sen. Cheruiyot. Yes, he has made reference to the biggest political party. It should also be appreciated that, in fact, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 4 Oct 2023 in Senate: the big political parties are the biggest violators when it comes to nominations, especially the nomination of MCAs. It should concern all of us that the interest that nominated Members are specially elected to represent in counties, those interests are available and abundant in every county. There are women in every county and ward. So, there should be sufficient number of women for gender top up in nominations in every county. There are people with disability in every country and ward. So, people should be nominated from there to represent the interests that are abundant in those areas. Mr. Speaker, ... view
• 4 Oct 2023 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I thank my brother Sen. Okiya Omtatah. The issue you are raising on the conflict between the National Treasury and the Ministry of Finance is the genesis of the problems of funding to county governments. Alive to this challenge, I have drafted a Bill to which I will need your input. We must separate the National Treasury from the Ministry of Finance, so that the it feeds both the national Government and the county governments. You cannot have a situation where the Ministry of Finance and the National Treasury are the same institution and ... view
• 4 Oct 2023 in Senate: I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to also add my voice to the County Governments Additional Allocation Bill, 2023. I also thank my friend and brother, Sen. Wakili Sigei for yielding some time for me to contribute. It is a good day that the Senate is discussing additional allocations to county governments because under Article 96 of the Constitution, the Senate and individual Members of the Senate are required to oversight funds that are generated nationally and allocated to our counties. Whereas I support this Bill, there is need for cleaning it up because words have meaning. ... view
• 4 Oct 2023 in Senate: headquarters are, actually, five; that is Isiolo, Lamu, Nyandarua, Tana River and Tharaka-Nithi. They are five. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when we went to Turkana, last week for Senate Mashinani, the whole world was shocked at the level of incompletion of county government projects. One of those projects was the county headquarters. I will propose that this should be the last time that this item appears in the Additional Allocations Bill and should mark the beginning of a serious audit on the use of this money for the construction of these county headquarters. This year alone, a whopping Kshs454 million ... view
• 28 Sep 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Chairperson, you need to clarify something for the record. When the Vice Chair stood up, she proposed that Clause 13 be passed as amended. Which version was she talking about? There is need for clarification on that. Was she supposed to be proposing or moving an amendment? view
• 28 Sep 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I second. view
• 27 Sep 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have heard the proposal from the Senate Majority Leader on 10 minutes. I am also hearing other people saying five minutes. Let it be a maximum of 10 minutes. If you cannot use 10 minutes you can use two minutes. Those who can use 10 minutes will do so. Let us agree on time. view
• 27 Sep 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I thank Sen. Oketch Gicheru for donating his time to me. I will donate my time to him when that opportunity comes. I will begin by thanking the Mover of this Bill, Sen. Cheruiyot. When he was moving it, he made it clear that it is one of four Bills whose aim is to ensure that we entrench Universal Health Care in the practice of medicine in this country. It is not an idle saying that prevention is better than cure. When we focus on preventive healthcare, we are likely to attain a healthy nation. ... view
• 27 Sep 2023 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view