Hon Peter Kimari Kihara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill and to say, at the outset, that I support it because it is timely. In fact, I think it should have been passed like yesterday. I would like to speak on a number of amendments that I would have wanted to see in this Bill. I am happy that Hon. Nyikal, who is a Member of that Committee, spoke to one that I felt would have been counter-productive, particularly Section 15 of the principle Act. We would have wanted to propose that ... view
• 5 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other important part is Section 22. My feeling is that since the NHIF is now a statutory mandatory cover, it should be able to cater for the primary cover care. The insurance should, therefore, be allowed to pay net of the NHIF. This is extremely important so that there are synergies. Uptake of insurance has been very low in this country. Medical insurance has actually been a loss-making field for a very long time. I am encouraged to see that with the NHIF Bill, the people we want to net into this will bring in ... view
• 16 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also rise to support and add my voice to this very important County Allocation of Revenue Bill. Devolution cannot be gainsaid. This is a very important thing that came into this country. The money which is allocated to the counties continues to rise. view
• 16 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: We need to see better oversight. County assemblies need to be strengthened. We know that there is a lot of intimidation in the county assemblies to the point where they are unable to carry out their work thoroughly and well. We need to ensure that some issues are anchored into law. For instance, ward funds were factored in the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI). Some of those issues can even be done by this House without necessarily going into a referendum. We need to ensure The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of ... view
• 16 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: that our county assemblies are solid. They should have their budgets. Certain amounts of their wards should be factored, so that as they work for their respective counties, they know that they cannot be intimidated that they will not get development in their wards. This happens in a lot of areas. view
• 16 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: We also want our brothers in the Senate to oversee the counties in a better way. We see a lot of overlaps. This has already been mentioned here. Roles that can easily be handled by this House are also duplicated by our brothers in the Senate. For instance, when a dam burst its banks in the Rift Valley, the Senate also investigated the same matter. At the end of the day, it does not come out well when the two Houses have reports that do not speak the same language. These roles should be streamlined, so that the Senate can ... view
• 16 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: The issue of pending bills has really been mentioned today. This is a big thorn that is in almost every county government. They insist that money is sometimes delayed by the national Government. When there are funds in the counties, they must allocate them to clear the pending bills of their projects and programmes. This is something that must be done as quickly as possible. view
• 16 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Some of the devolved functions are very critical to our people. We end up doing some of the programmes that should be done by the county governments. For instance, the rural roads that are not maintained by the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) are totally neglected. Despite the little resources that we get through KeRRA on those roads, we construct these roads sometimes. view
• 16 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: The last mile connectivity of water is the role of the county government. The national Government builds mega dams across the country. The main pipelines are laid. However, the actual last mile connectivity to the households is still very wanting. We want more Kenyans to get the water resource. view
• 16 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Agriculture has been mentioned here. Our farmers should be given better advice in various areas. These issues should be looked into in a better way, so that we can ensure that agriculture in our counties is developed. view