Zachary Kwenya Thuku

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Feb 2025 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am waving at the Clerk-at-the- Table for him to spot where I am sitting. I thank you for giving me this opportunity to welcome a great school in my constituency by the name of Magomano Girls’. I want to assure them that the Parliament is a beautiful place to be and to work. Given the opportunity, they now have a dream of a place where they would wish to work and/or even represent their constituents, maybe, later in their lives. They are and should feel most welcome. This is Parliament where we say it is a place ... view
• 16 Jan 2025 in National Assembly: On point of order, Hon. Speaker. view
• 16 Jan 2025 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Sadly, the Leader of the Minority Party is misleading this House. The former Cabinet Secretary he is talking about was not fired because of incompetence. The President did not state any reason. It is unfair for the Leader of the Minority Party to continue misleading this House that the person whom he is purporting to have been fired was fired for incompetence. In fact, he stated in the interview that he would serve in any capacity. His insinuation is enough for us to know who he is talking about… view
• 16 Jan 2025 in National Assembly: None was fired because of incompetence. We took them through a rigorous process when we were vetting them. They are equal to the task. Indeed, they said that they can be assigned any role by the President. view
• 5 Dec 2024 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I wish in a very special way to emphatically support this proposal. I cannot wait for the day that we are going to discuss the entrenchment of this Bill into the Constitution, so that we can have a constitutional provision where the NG-CDF is entrenched. For the last 20 years since the introduction of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF), we know the kind of exploits it has done in our constituencies. Some of the Members sitting here today are here because they got an enabler through education, through that Fund ... view
• 4 Dec 2024 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. In as much as I would wish to support this amendment I think the timeframe cited is too short. Growing from a core capital of Ksh1 billion to Ksh10 billion within a span of four years is really unreasonable. Like Hon. Caroli said, we will kill the upcoming little banks whose capital is Kshs1 billion. It will be too ambitious to bring them to speed and have Ksh10 billion within four years. I oppose this amendment. view
• 4 Dec 2024 in National Assembly: I support that amendment for the simple reason that asking manufacturers to register with the standards body… view
• 4 Dec 2024 in National Assembly: No. I am supporting that amendment, because asking the manufacturers to register with the standards body will increase the cost of doing business. Having said that, the issue of registration of products perhaps should have been brought into this Act so that every product that is produced by any manufacturer is registered with the standards body. Thank you. view
• 4 Dec 2024 in National Assembly: Thank you. I do not find this amendment necessary for a simple reason. Of course, there are articles and Memorandum of Association that we use to register companies at the Registrar of Companies. Therein we address the kinds of businesses we will carry out. It does not mean a company will be manufacturing immediately it is registered and captured as a manufacturing one. Therefore, we may burden the Director-General and the Registrar of Companies with much work to forward the information to KEBS. It is not necessary. Finally, it is the obligation of the manufacturer to register their products with ... view
• 4 Dec 2024 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I support the insertion of this new clause. Business people have suffered in this country in the hands of the Government and its entities. You supply goods, with the expectation that you are going to be paid in good time. Business people issue E-TIMS invoices. The moment you issue that invoice, you are deemed to have completed a sale and KRA takes charge. You are supposed to submit that money on the 20th day of the month. If you do not do that, then the amount starts generating penalties and interest. This amendment could not ... view