Gladys Wanga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 581 to 590 of 1718.

• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Hon. Serem is my neighbour in the village, but he is now behaving like a first-term Member of Parliament. If one has never spoken in Parliament, the only thing they do is to stand and raise the issue of lack of quorum. Hon. Serem, as a good neighbour who was also known to my father, should behave like the adult that he is and as a good legislator. I do not know why he is behaving like a newcomer or an armature. All the matters are here and we will debate them here and ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on the issue of alternatives to debt, I thank the National Treasury for its aggressive push towards Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) so that some of these capital projects can be funded through the PPPs rather than from the Exchequer. The Bill on the PPPs is in this House and we hope Members will support it so that we can go the PPP direction on some of the major investments. view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: There is also the issue of privatisation and divestiture. We have not had any listing in the Nairobi Securities Exchange for a very long time, for almost over ten years. I would like to urge the National Treasury to move with speed because we have a Privatisation Commission that is not complete. It has a chairman, but does not have a complete board. So the National Treasury should move with speed to appoint commissioners to the Privatisation Commission, so that it can continue to look at the list for privatisation, so that we can make a decision on how else ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: On the issue of planning, we must continue to fund and support the State Department of Planning, so that we can plan. Failing to plan is planning to fail as it was said by Benjamin Franklin many years ago. Institutions such as Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) that were excellent, premier institutions of research, are currently crumbling because of underfunding. This we should move and do. view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: In terms of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF), the allocation, under planning, of Kshs41.7 billion, the Committee has made a recommendation for an increase. We will be discussing that when we come to the Committee of Supply. Our people rely mostly on what they can reach easiest, which is the NG-CDF. Every corner in the country you go to, you will see that NG-CDF is doing what it was meant to do. The same goes for the National Government Affirmative Fund (NGAF). The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: On the issue of the State Department for Devolution, I urge the House to consider funding emergencies. Since Independence, for the first time, there is no fund for emergencies. In case there are floods or drought, every Member of Parliament will have to go to their pockets to look for money. The feeding programmes we have had in counties such as Turkana, where, continuously, say, on a monthly basis have been receiving aid because of drought, have not been budgeted for. We hope, and have proposed, as a Committee, that we can look at some of these areas. view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: A commission such as the Commission on Revenue Allocation requires support so that we can deal with own-source of revenue. If you look at our counties, the own-source revenue that they were raising when they were still county councils has now dropped by almost 90 per cent in terms of reporting. So, you wonder whether counties are no longer raising the money or they are being raised, but going to people’s pockets like pocket change without being reported and remitted to the Consolidated Fund. view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: These are some of the areas that we have strong proposals to make upon as the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. I know Hon. Chris Wamalwa was saying that as the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, we need to speak to revenue raising measures. Next week, the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning will be tabling its report on the Finance Bill. At that point, we will discuss adequately our revenue raising measures and the proposals that have been made by the National Treasury. We have listened to various views as far as public participation ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: For now, those are some of our comments on the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on the Budget Estimates for 2021/2022. view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to support. view