Irungu Kang'ata

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• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: The first import of the amendment is to ensure that presentation of cheques for projects is done in public. The second import of the amendment is for the area Member of Parliament, as the person who has the constitutional duty of offering oversight, to be present when presentation of cheques for projects is done. view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: The second part of the amendment is on the issue of the project management committees. I am proposing that after every project, the tenure of the committee ends there. That is what happens on the ground but I have seen a situation where some members of projects management committees behave as if they are permanent CDF officials. They want to stay there forever. So, you find that when you go back and give another project cheque, they insist that they are the ones who should continue with the new project. So, they may veto the powers of the CDF Committee. view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: I do not see anything wrong with these proposals because the whole idea is just to allow for public presentation of cheques and for the area Member of Parliament to be present when project cheques are given out. The Member of Parliament is not the one who gives out the cheque. Cheques are presented by any member of the CDF Committee. view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, allow me to convince Members to oppose Clause 41 (b) on the issue of the election of the chairperson. When we allow this chairperson to be elected by the other persons, it will need that person to be very strong. He will be a very strong chairperson because he will be deriving his power from amongst those people. The best thing would have been that we leave this issue to regulations. In any event it does not make sense for us. We have not created the procedure of appointment of these people and now we are ... view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, clause 42 of the Bill be amended by deleting the word “Board” wherever it appears and substituting therefor the words “National Assembly”. On this one, if you fail to support my amendment, it will mean if you have a rogue CDFC, it will be the Board that will be dealing with it. I propose that Parliament deals with it because it is the one which does the actual approval. If Parliament is the one that does approval, it is the same body that should be doing any form of disciplining. I ... view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: It seems Members do not understand the import of my amendment. It is simple; assume your CDFC is something that needs to be dissolved and has a problem and there are sufficient grounds to kick it out. Assume your CDFC has good grounds showing that it should be dissolved or probably removed. Where do you take that petition? Do you take the petition to the Board or the National Assembly? My argument is that bring it to the National Assembly because it is the one which did the actual vetting and finalisation of the appointment process as opposed to leaving ... view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, my amendment is clearly captured on the Order Paper. The assumption was that it was approved. Otherwise, there was no communication to me that my amendment was rejected. Secondly, I have the right of audience. There is no way a Committee can meet in my absence to discuss my amendment and I am not called to explain the import. Thirdly, it shows lack of legal advice to that Committee. This proposal had nothing at all to do with money. It is not a money Bill. It is clearly about ceilings. If you allow that advice to ... view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I withdraw my amendment because it is similar to that of the Chairperson. view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: 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