Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to this amendment Bill. This Bill should have come much earlier because our county governments have been struggling with very minimal resources and could not perform properly. The erstwhile local governments had public private partnerships arrangements and they tapped into it and used it effectively. County governments can do better with this. One of the things that I have noticed in this Bill is the inclusion of Clause 3A, which exempts this arrangement from the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2015. This is the right thing ... view
• 17 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: partners from within and without. This is something that we need to support. I support this Bill as the Member of Parliament for Westlands. In conclusion, let me also send my condolences to the family of the late Hon. Kenneth Matiba, who passed on. You know the role Kenneth Matiba played in this country. At one time, he was the Chairman of the Kenya Football Federation (KFF). He was an entrepreneur. The only person I can compare him to is Raila Amolo Odinga because they both enjoyed a near-fanatical support. They had people who supported them and who could even ... view
• 29 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me a chance to also contribute to this Bill. Cybercrime is real and is one of the most sophisticated crimes committed anywhere in the world. In fact, it is more dangerous than anything else. This Bill is long overdue. It has come at the right time when our country has embraced the digital platform at a very advanced stage. Today, our economy is driven on a digital platform. We communicate, transact and do so much using the digital platform. Any single mis-calculation and people will take advantage of this. M- Pesa has published that ... view
• 29 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: frustrated the USA. Imagine for a country like ours. If we are not thorough with this Bill, it can cause a lot of damage not just to us as a nation, but it can literally destroy our country. Hon. Speaker, this Bill also talks about child pornography. The provision given is okay but then, it provides another one that almost takes away this offence. When it is given by one hand and taken away by another, then we must look at it very carefully and make sure that when we are creating protection, it must be seal-proof. It should not ... view
• 29 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: During the Westgate attack, the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras were manipulated and the police could not even detect or get images of the terrorists. So, these are very clever people who do things and get away with it. These are some of the things that we need to look at very critically. If you go to other countries and you commit a traffic offence, the cameras will accurately pick you and the next thing is that you will be caught by the police. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of ... view
• 29 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Here, our cameras just pick images. They do not even analyze them and hence we need to re- look into it. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, I support this Bill. I will propose amendments at the Committee Stage. view
• 29 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance to speak on this Motion. Picking up from where Hon. Oundo has left, this is a draconian Motion that should not have seen the light of the day. The Mover of this Motion should read the Bill of Rights in totality and understand it. When people are given the right to picket and demonstrate, you cannot gag them. You cannot start creating boundaries that they are supposed to demonstrate in this level and not the other level. When you are demonstrating, it means that there is something you ... view
• 20 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance. This is a very progressive Bill, but it is only that we need to fix a few loose ends here and there. There are a few weaknesses in the Bill, but I am sure they can be sorted out. A few years ago, when I was working at Nairobi City Council, we had a function somewhere in Barcelona - Spain about something called smart cities. These are cities that have the capacity to solve their problems with minimal interference of the lives of the people. There are many cities such ... view
• 20 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: this Bill, I will because I believe it is well intentioned and it can bring something good out of this City, which we need to bring to order. view
• 20 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: We spend so much time on our roads and when we constructed Thika Super Highway, we did not think about improving other roads. So, you come from Thika Super Highway with five lanes and then you enter into a road with two lanes. Still, we are not solving anything. We need to expand all our roads and improve our public transport. Regarding the authorities being created, I believe we should minimise the government officers because we will just be transferring bureaucracy from Government to those authorities. Those are people who can plan but not implement. So, we can leave the ... view