Robert Gichimu Githinji

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: As I support, I have seen how devolution took over matters on health from the national Government. I was not supporting the devolution of health matters because they are national matters. However, with the new Constitution, health matters were devolved. This Amendment Bill seeks to realign the operations at the national level and county governments. It has also given the Council of Governors (CoG) some roles in running of matters of health at the local level. view
• 2 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Without belaboring my points, I concur with the Members who have supported this Bill. I also support the Committee and congratulate them for the work well done. They brought a very big and voluminous Report. I support this Report. view
• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to contribute to the Division of Revenue (Amendment) Bill. Annexure 1 looks at the conditional grant that allocates money to all the 47 counties for improvement of agriculture, which is one of the main pillars of the Jubilee Government. Annexure 2 looks at the establishment of a conditional grant for improvement and protection of water towers and climate change, which has been a major issue in Kenya. However, although I support that conditional grant, it does not touch on the main water towers in this country like Mt. Kenya and the Aberdares, ... view
• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Going forward, I believe this is a consideration that needs to be made by the Budget and Appropriations Committee when they are looking at the areas where they need to allocate funds for protection of water towers and climate change. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I appreciate the work done by the Budget and Appropriations Committee for making sure that every county gets money for urban infrastructure of about Kshs41,200,000. In my constituency, we have a headquarter, which has no tarmac and it is lagging behind in street lighting. When county governments get this allocation, we will try and balance the urban centres within every constituency to ensure there is allocation of resources to improve the urban centres in all the constituencies within the counties. It is a job well done and I believe, it will support the Government in achieving its Big Four Agenda, ... view
• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: We expect that this money will trickle down and help the mwananchi. We hope that corruption will not be witnessed within the counties. We expect that as we approve this conditional grant, it will not meet the recurrent or any other expenditures extraneous from what has already been proposed. We expect the Senate to use its mandate of oversight over county governments. County assemblies should also play their role and not to be part of the county government in terms of utilisation. They should be part of the county government in terms of proper oversight and utilisation of these funds. view
• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to support the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill. I thank Hon. Wamalwa for the good thought to save Kenyans from trouble. I support the month of December. In Kenya, December is considered to be a holiday month, especially from the third week. So, this The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: is an opportunity where most Kenyans will have a chance to vote or exercise their democratic right of voting for their leaders from the Member of the County Assembly to the President. view
• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: The other reason why I support the Bill is because of the day. Monday is a very convenient day. As Kenyans, we know we work up to Friday and others up to Saturday. So, there is a preceding day which is a Sunday that would enable Kenyans to travel to various parts of the country so that they can vote on a Monday. The way it was before, a Tuesday would require someone to work on a Monday and may lack an opportunity, especially for companies that do not give their workers permission, to go and vote. So, one will ... view
• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: There has also been an argument from some Hon. Members that pushing the date to December would change the life of the Presidency. That is not correct according to my interpretation of the Constitution. I thank the drafters and the Committee of Experts of the Constitution because in their wording, they indicated that the election shall be in the fifth year and not after five years. So, they had anticipated a situation whereby the date of the election can be changed, but it remains within the year. So, when the date is changed from one month to another but within ... view