Irungu Kang'ata

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1101 to 1110 of 1643.

• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Speaker. I urge you to make a ruling as to the legality of this Bill without evidence of adherence to the specific provisions of the law that I have referred to. view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Can I repeat? view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Article 205 of the Constitution provides for consultation on financial legislation affecting the counties. Article 205 (1) provides that when a Bill that includes provisions dealing with the sharing of revenue, or any financial matter concerning county governments is published, the Commission on Revenue Allocation shall consider those provisions and may make recommendations to the National Assembly and the Senate. Any recommendation made by the Commission shall be tabled in Parliament and the House shall consider the recommendation before voting on the Bill. The question is: Have those provisions of law been adhered to? Have we discussed any ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: recommendations. Therefore, I belong to the school of thought that, that was erroneous in law. We should have also discussed that formula here in the National Assembly. It was not brought for us to discuss in the National Assembly. That is what the Constitution provides. I refer you again to Article 216(5) of the Constitution. It states:- “(5) The Commission shall submit its recommendations to the Senate, the National Assembly, the national executive, county assemblies and county executives.” Therefore, before we discuss this thing, we need to have evidence that the recommendations regarding the formula were submitted to the Senate, ... view
• 9 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this document which is before us, except raise some few issues. view
• 9 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Yes, I am speaking in respect of the original Paper that was presented. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 9 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Yes, it is the one I wanted to speak to. view
• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I seek your direction on this issue. When a matter is committed to this House from the Senate, and one had an amendment that he or she originally wanted to be incorporated in the original Water Bill when the matter was before the National Assembly, but for one reason or another it was not discussed, can one, at this point, take up that issue and have their amendment considered during the Committee of the Whole House stage? view
• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the proposal for several reasons. view
• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: First, I imagine if we were to delay the construction of this terminal within the next four or five years, it will be very expensive. When you look at the trends of the world economy, you will notice that the American economy is strengthening. As a result of that strengthening, it means that the dollar will become very strong. Noting that we pay our debts using dollar denominated currencies, it means that if we delay and the American economy, as projected, becomes strong, we shall be paying at a higher premium. So, it is better we pay now before we ... view