Josphat Kabinga Wachira

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 651 to 660 of 1087.

• 29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support this Bill. As I do so, I want to caution that these are extraordinary times when we, as Parliament, need to act in a more serious manner. This is the time we are likely to invite illegalities in the execution of the Budget in this country. I know we are in a rush to ensure we fund the necessary areas to fight Covid-19. But, as we do so, we need to act more seriously, especially in the area of oversight, as alluded to by the Leader of the Minority Party. ... view
• 29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairman. The intent of ring-fencing these funds was very good. However, allocating money because a certain area reported a COVID-19 case is not right. We cannot deal with the cure. We should 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
• 29 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: also deal with prevention. For that matter, this money should have been distributed fairly to all the general hospitals in the counties, Kerugoya in Kirinyaga County included. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance to also contribute to this particular Bill. I stand to support the Bill but with some amendments, as I will state herein. This particular Bill can be considered as an implementation of the various parts of our Constitution that talk about values and equal sharing of resources of this country. This Bill introduces a requirement that every department should make a return on their employees: gender, age, country of birth, country of residence. But the drafter of this Bill forgot one important item that should also be included in ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: I have seen it when we are coming to approve nominees for the various commissions. I have heard people complain that their communities are not included in that particular commission. We have many commissions in this country. Have you checked to see whether your community is represented in a different commission? When we talk about equality it is important to understand that it must be discussed in total and not just one item that you bring in as a particular interest. When we talk about equity, we talk about it in employment and deployment of resources that we have. We ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for that protection. I hope I would be added a minute. I would advise Hon. Dennitah Ghati to listen to my speech in total and not just the last sentence or one sentence. I talked about some of the people jumping into lists that are brought to the House without considering that there are many lists that have been brought in this House in the past. That is exactly what I said. I also said that we must know that wherever a certain community is more populated, chances and probabilities are very high that ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not know what kind of information the… view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: I do not want to be informed at this time. I want to complete my… view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am being interrupted and this is likely to have an effect on my contribution. We are contributing to a very important debate. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I have said that this debate is so important, so much so that if you throw a stone to a population the probability— those that have done statistics— of that stone hitting a member of the populous population among the community is very high. I have also stated that population is reflected even in the mortuary. Population must also be reflected in various departments, if you want to be serious with this debate. I also want to say that we have a 30 per cent rule in the counties. Seventy per cent is supposed ... view