Gladys Wanga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: I thank you. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for your kind consideration. view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: I would just like to add my voice to the reservations expressed by several Members on how increasingly we are using these omnibus Bills to bring very fundamental amendments. As we have known it, these miscellaneous amendments Bills should be focused on correcting anomalies, inconsistencies, outdated terminologies and errors that are minor and non- controversial. Increasingly, we are amending most fundamental sections of our law. I think somebody in the Executive has perhaps discovered that the shortest route to make amendments is through these miscellaneous amendments. Instead of going through the normal process of the other Bills, they lump them ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: this responsibility and giving it to a Cabinet Secretary to determine whether there is public interest or not… we know many times they have said they are doing things in public interest but we do not know which public they are talking about. This House is vested with responsibility to observe interest of the public. We know the public we are talking about. We are talking about the public, who are our constituents. We know which public interest we are observing and we know who we are accountable to. We also know that if you do not observe that public ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for protecting me. I might lose my clout in the Committee if my Vice-Chair is upset. The point I was making is, if there is anybody who is a custodian of public interest it is this House. It cannot be relegated to a CS to determine what is in public interest. So I oppose this amendment. I would like to shed some more light on the amendment to the PFM Act, having been a commissioner of PSC in the last Parliament. As I said earlier on the Floor of this House, before the new ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I was making the point that even when we assigned one accounting officer to the Senate and another one to the National Assembly, there is the hanging function of the Joint Services, those services that are shared between the National Assembly and the Senate. This does not take away the fact that we should be able to deal with this as a substantive Parliamentary Service Bill. What is being said here is that the PSC should on its basis, if they feel that for efficient functioning of Parliament they need an additional accounting officer ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: My apologies. I had raised my hand. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity. I submit that I support the Report very much. I thank the PIC led by the able Chairman, the Hon. Member for Mvita, the Vice Chairperson and its membership. The most important point in the Report is that many people still believe that public participation means concurrency. That is not the case. You can discuss and give your views, but if the Committee or whoever you are giving your views does not concur with what you have to say it still qualifies as public participation. Therefore, one of the key recommendations ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Having served in the commission in the last Parliament, the reason that arose for creation of more than one accounting officer is the unique nature of Parliament. Previously, we had a unicameral Parliament, in which case an accounting officer could be in charge of everybody and there was no problem. When we got to a bicameral Parliament, we saw the need for the National Assembly to be managed on its own, with an accounting officer, and the Senate to be managed on its own, with an accounting officer. I think there is another Service ... view
• 2 May 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, what we are dealing with is an applicant who knowingly makes a false statement or declaration in an application for or renewal or variation of a licence or permit. So, you are dealing with somebody applying for a permit for betting who gives false information. Surely, the fine cannot be Kshs5,000 for giving false information. So, I think in enhancing that fine, there is no problem. If you license for betting, give the correct information and the true position and you will not have to deal with the fine. However, if you give false information, charging ... view