Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Just one minute to complete on the question of the unit cost. As we implement the Budget, we need to bring the unit cost of many of the things that we are doing down. Dormitories, classrooms and water dams should be cheaper to construct. Every shilling that we use in the funding and the Budget should be accounted for. I support the Division of Revenue Bill. view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to second the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2016. This is an omnibus Bill that brings together amendments to 36 pieces of legislation on fairly minor matters or what we call matters that are not substantial. The amendments brought together by a Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill usually arise out of the implementation of the parent Acts and many of the amendments in this particular one arise out of the need to align with the new Constitution and the language of the new Constitution. Also, the amendments sought to be brought in by ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I will just highlight a few laws whose amendments are of much more import to us here as Members of the Assembly. The Judicature Act seeks to be amended to clarify and bring to closure the debate on the retirement age of judges. The retirement age of judges under the Judicature Act is now set at 70 years. There is confusion that has arisen with judges appointed before the new Constitution and judges appointed after the new Constitution. That is what the amendment to the Judicature Act seeks to end. From now on, no judge, ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Treasury to look at the matter of combined incomes. When you have both a husband and a wife paying tax, there ought to be some considerations done to that particular institution of marriage. In many other countries, the people who are unmarried pay higher taxes than those who are married. I think it is time that we in Kenya also implemented such rules. The singles should pay more and those who are married should pay less because they are also bringing up children and it is only fair that the taxman has that consideration when they are shaping the rates ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: particular sections of the law on how buildings should be constructed so that persons with disability can access them. I think the point to make is that the entire law should be implemented even as we seek to align that which we want to align in this Bill. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the National Police Service Act seeks to be amended as well to define a member of the Service meaning a police officer from the Kenya Police Service, Administration Police Service or the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI), Special Police, the National Police Reserve and any other service established under ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you. I am almost done. The point to make is that a time has come when we combine the Kenya Police Service and the Administration Police Service and have only one Kenya National Police Service without the dichotomy. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the other laws that are sought to be amended include the Retirement Benefits Act to introduce the retirement for the Chief Justice (CJ). We have a CJ who has retired. So, the Retirement Benefits Act (Deputy President and Designated Officers) Act are sought to be amended to cover the retirement of the CJ. The package that is considered ... view
• 31 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I also beg to support the Motion and to support Hon. Ochieng in calling the House to debate this matter in view of the prevailing environmental circumstances. It is indeed true that we need to change the way we have been doing things. We cannot be a country where when it rains we cry and when it does not rain, we cry. There is a problem. When it rains, we need to have sufficient mechanisms to preserve the water. When it does not rain, the forecasting and planning should project what the country is going ... view
• 31 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: end. The people’s representatives cannot spend time every year lamenting drought, lamenting that there is not sufficient rainfall and there is not sufficient food in the country. We note the efforts that the State Department of Special Programmes under the Ministry of Devolution and Planning has made. We have seen relief food being supplied in some parts of the country, but that is not enough. I come from Nyeri County. Ordinarily, when there is sufficient rainfall, we have enough food for ourselves and extra to sell. However, we again lament on road network. If we have good roads, we can ... view
• 31 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: On the strategic food reserves, the continued post-production loss of agricultural produce in this country is something we need to lament about. Over 40 per cent post-harvest loss is way too high. This situation needs to be dealt with including the loss of things like milk, which we have been lobbying for. Bumper harvest of any food item should be in the strategic food reserves. We no longer just deal with grains and cereals. We also deal with other products that are in high supply in some of the counties. My own county of Nyeri still has a lot of ... view
• 27 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Article 166(1)(a) of the Constitution, and Section 8 (1) of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2011, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on the Vetting of the Nominee for Appointment as the Deputy Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 26th October, 2016, and approves the appointment of the Honourable Lady Justice Philomena Mbete Mwilu, as the Deputy Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya. view