Jimmy Angwenyi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Jun 2022 in National Assembly: A few years ago, I attended a World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting in Hong Kong. In the morning when I went for breakfast, I would see a lot of people, but between 8.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. in the evening, I saw nobody even on the roads. I asked our Consular, “What is happening and where have the people gone?” He told me: “I will take you around.” He took me to a factory which was manufacturing candles and said it has 2,000 employees. They had an order of Kshs30 million from Kenya for candles yet we can manufacture them ... view
• 7 Jun 2022 in National Assembly: He also took me to another factory where they manufacture clothes. He said the factory has 5,000 workers and they had an order of Kshs50 million from Kenya. Part of that order was for m itumba or used clothes which the factory buys and sells to Kenya. The clothing factory gets their cotton from Senegal in West Africa, which is closer to Kenya than Hong Kong. So, if we can spend our money well in manufacturing… Someone is disturbing me. This House should insist that whatever we are seeking in debt must be applied to specific projects. If it is ... view
• 7 Jun 2022 in National Assembly: I was going to close, but I cannot after his interjection. When we raised the money from Kshs6 trillion to Kshs9 trillion, he was the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. Together with my Chairman, Hon. Limo, a very nice man, who I understand was rigged out and that was very bad, Hon. Ichung’wah spearheaded the increase from Kshs6 trillion to Kshs9 trillion. He is now opposing only one trillion. I cannot understand him. Hon. Speaker, with those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 7 Jun 2022 in National Assembly: Why not? view
• 7 Jun 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. You are actually maturing to become a Speaker. I beg to support the Committee Report. These are very important amendments that they want to make to the regulations. They should have been given enough time for people to digest before they approve them. So, what we should do is to reject those amendments and support the Committee, so that those people who make it to the next Parliament can now undertake to make those changes. Thank you. I beg to support the Committee. view
• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to know which law forbids us from overriding the Speaker. The Speaker overrides the President of the Republic of Kenya. view
• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: I beg to second. view
• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to second. view
• 14 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Give her a chance. view