Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I agree with the hon. Minister that days will be reduced from 30 to 20 but look at the amendment:- “By inserting the following new subclauses immediately after subclause (2)— “(2A) Within fourteen days after the decision to stop the transfer of funds under subsection (1), the Controller of Budget shall investigate the matter and submit a report to Parliament in accordance with Article 225 (7) of the Constitution. (2B) Parliament shall, within thirty days---“ Why should Parliament take so long? The mischief we are trying to treat is that we should not strangle the county ... view
• 27 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, maybe all of us are not old enough to remember what happened to the regional assemblies in the early 1960s. It was through financial strangulation that the KANU Government then brought the regional assemblies to their knees. Secondly, even if we pass this, I hope the Ministry of Finance will have further consideration even if the funds are stopped. Let me assure you that they are going to be stopped because there will be many county governments which are going to find it very difficult to begin to manage their finances properly. I know that. Therefore, ... view
• 27 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Keep your cool. This is very important. Madam Temporary Deputy Chair, devolution is the centre piece of our Constitution. Any law that touches on devolution must be handled very carefully. So even if Parliament passes this, I know the people in the Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade are eager to pass this; I am just putting a word of caution on record. The Ministry of Finance should go and look at this very carefully, because it will be a powder cake as soon as the county governments start operations. view
• 27 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I think this is a very good amendment. Let us really take note that managing materially at the county level is going to be a big problem. view
• 27 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: In fact, I will request the Ministry of Finance and the Cabinet Secretary actually to mount capacity building programmes at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies for all county governments for management of finances and running treasuries at the county level. This actually will be more in the interest of the county government rather than the Treasury. view
• 27 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. Is my hon. friend really in order to use a word like “cowardly” which I believe is not parliamentary with regard to the hon. Minister for Finance? view
• 27 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, I would like to add my voice to the compliments given to both the Minister and the Committee. This Committee demonstrates the fact that if we work in a bipartisan manner and if the Committee system does not see the Executive as an adversary, but, instead, as a partner, we can achieve a lot. I think what has been missing in certain Committees is the interpretation of the Committee system as being complimentary to the making of laws to the Executive, rather than being in an adversarial relationship to the Executive. I think this is a very ... view
• 27 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: But, Mr. Deputy Speaker, one last plea; when Parliament sits late, as the Minister of Medical Services in charge of people’s health, I would like to appeal to Parliament, as an institution, to provide dinner to hon. Members of Parliament. view
• 27 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Parliament is currently providing very unhealthy food to hon. Members outside here. view
• 27 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: and tea are not very good things to feed to hon. Members who are sitting late. view