Dr. Kithure Kindiki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: The voting rights are critical for Kenyans in diaspora. I agree with Senior Counsel, Sen. Omogeni, when he said that the IEBC has just started piloting the issue of voting rights. I think in the last election Kenyans were able to vote in two polling stations in the US and one in South Africa. That makes a mockery of the whole process. The USA is a large country, which has a span of six-hour time difference from East to West Coast. If you then have two polling stations, one in Washington DC and other in Los Angeles, that can only ... view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: since I was a very vibrant academic. I engaged with so many Kenyans in the course of my tour of duty. One of my thrills was to meet Kenyans in one of the remotest places on earth, where you do not expect to find a Kenyan. Whenever I went for a workshop or a conference in any country, I made a point of having dinners with Kenyans in that country. You would be surprised to learn of the many opportunities that Kenyans have in Venezuela or any other country. We must move from the traditional markets where Kenyans in the ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, before the House adjourned last night, I was making the point that rural poverty is not the same as urban poverty. The dynamic, circumstances, implications and the consequences of rural poverty are very different from those of urban poverty. You can have a very poor person without access to basic amenities in an urban setting, but who can walk to a Level 6 Hospital that is just two kilometers away. However, in the rural areas, some of the people can only access a dispensary which is 15 kilometres away. As the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) continues ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 29 Sep 2021 in Senate: regulations were compelled by a court of law after the National Treasury wasted a lot of time on an issue that should have happened many years ago. I dare say that the Judiciary has really helped in the entrenchment of devolution. This House itself is a beneficiary of so many court orders that have made devolution work. This is another example of where our Judiciary has put their foot down to ensure that devolution is supported. Madam Deputy Speaker, the 0.5 per cent that is allocated to the equalization fund is not adequate. It cannot guarantee or wipe away the ... view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker. These regulations are long overdue. They have been brought pursuant to Article 205 of the Constitution. They are before this House or were submitted to the Committee of this House subject to Section11 (2) of the Statutory Instruments Act. Under that Act, the Committee is required under Section 15 (2) of the Statutory Instruments Act to table a report before this House on the regulations or statutory instruments proposed. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: It is now ten years since the new Constitution which is no new any longer recommended the establishment of an Equalisation Fund to cater for areas which had been left out in development of our country since 1963, and indeed, since Kenya became a State. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Article 204 (6) is the one that capped the Equalisation Fund to 20 years. I am afraid even after the remaining ten years, the problem of marginalisation is so entrenched and systemic that we will not have rectified the ravages of marginalisation that have accumulated for the last 80 to 90 years in our country. I, therefore, hope at the appropriate time when we will have to amend our Constitution - I hope it will be before the lapse of this fund - we might have to extend the timeline for rectifying inequality and marginalisation in ... view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it takes in many countries up to 40 to 50 years of serious policy and fiscal interventions to rectify historical and systemic inequities. I will give two examples which will suffice. First, much of Northern and Western Australia which is above 45 per cent of that country is the famous Australian Desert. However, after about 50 years of serious infrastructural and fiscal interventions in that area, it is one of the most highly developed parts of Australia. It contributes significantly to the development of that country although it is a desert country. The areas that we ... view