Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: ( Spoke off record ). view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I support the Supplementary Budget III. view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: When we gave ourselves a new Constitution, two fundamental changes happened. The first one is when we allowed ourselves to have Cabinet Secretaries appointed from outside Parliament. The second one is that we gave ourselves the major responsibility of budget-making. As the Constitution Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC), we are now in a process of evaluating the status of implementation of our Constitution. I fear that one of the findings will be that Parliament has failed in its responsibility of implementing the Constitution we gave ourselves in 2010. view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: We have heard from those who have spoken before me on the issue of Article 223 of the Constitution. I agree that we are misusing it. Although the Budget and Appropriations Committee has helped us misuse Article 223 of the Constitution, it has also helped us get where we are. In a big way, it has actually frustrated the implementation of the Constitution because of the way we are handling the budget-making process. We now know for a fact that we have pork barrel politics The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version ... view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: within the Budget and Appropriations Committee. They have completely sold their birth right. Since the Committee has allowed unconstitutional politics within it, the Executive would always be happy to do what they are doing to us at this eleventh hour. Last night, my son asked me what this Supplementary Budget is for because he thought we had passed the Budget the other day. Laymen out there can tell that something is not right. We have lamented here the whole evening and we sound like we are doing something better, but in the process, we realise that we are just hopeless ... view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Let me say this as I conclude. Under the old Constitution, there was a penalty for any minister who would have caused us this kind of embarrassment in the night. I was just one pound. We would knock off one pound from the budget. Against that penalty by Parliament, the President would take action against that minister. Today, I can assure you that this will be done on us again next year. I think it is important that we call upon the ministries to wake up, but I can only speak for our Committee. As it is being reconstituted, I ... view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: No, Hon. Chairman. view
• 23 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I appreciate the difficulties of picking out faces and especially when I am this far. I stand to support this Motion and also congratulate my neighbour, Hon. Kimunya, on this very crucial appointment. I appreciate the need for 30 days. It is also important for the team to realise that when you extend it beyond a reasonable time, you will also be opening yourself to unnecessary social media lobbying. In addition to that, Hon. Speaker, there is a ruling that you made two weeks ago on a matter that had been raised by Hon. David Ochieng’. ... view
• 23 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: of Select Committees - and I am one of them - have kind of missed out on the oversight role, especially in the budget-making process. Select Committees are not quite involved in the budget- making process. Our Members are involved in the process because they are in more than one committee, but those of us who are chairpersons, literally you feel like there is something more you can do. I am asking that against that background, that matter be relooked at so that those chairpersons can also be allowed into departmental committees to play their oversight role. On top of ... view
• 23 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I do not know why Mburu is standing. He needs to understand the Standing Orders. I stand to oppose this amendment for the simple reason that we are now legislating against Kenyans. Kenyans pay premiums in instalments. This kills that spirit. You are helping the bigger companies at the expense of the ordinary Kenyan. Bwana Ichung’wah, this is where the unga issue comes in. This is where you needed to fight for Kenyans but you have lost them on this one. view