Zachary Kwenya Thuku

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Nov 2023 in National Assembly: role is within the purview of the National Assembly. Indeed, once the Appropriations Bill has been passed, that is it. The only thing the Senate can do is redistribute. In terms of appropriating, that is the business of the National Assembly. view
• 23 Nov 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity to support our own Report on loans contracted between May 2022 and April 2023. I want to join other Members in acknowledging the amount of work that our Committee is The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 23 Nov 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity to support our own Report on loans contracted between May 2022 and April 2023. I want to join other Members in acknowledging the amount of work that our Committee is The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 23 Nov 2023 in National Assembly: putting into matters debt. In my opinion, we should have a Public Debt Authority that will be tasked to look into the issues of debt because it is becoming a big issue in this country and Africa in general for the simple reason that our budgets are just about a quarter of our combined public debt. At the moment, our debt is at about Ksh10.5 trillion, while our Budget for this financial year is about Ksh3.5 trillion. Therefore, you can see we oversee budget more than our debt. It is about time this House, in its wisdom, considered how best ... view
• 23 Nov 2023 in National Assembly: putting into matters debt. In my opinion, we should have a Public Debt Authority that will be tasked to look into the issues of debt because it is becoming a big issue in this country and Africa in general for the simple reason that our budgets are just about a quarter of our combined public debt. At the moment, our debt is at about Ksh10.5 trillion, while our Budget for this financial year is about Ksh3.5 trillion. Therefore, you can see we oversee budget more than our debt. It is about time this House, in its wisdom, considered how best ... view
• 23 Nov 2023 in National Assembly: Informal Settlement Improvement Project (KISIP), worth Ksh6.6 billion. The funds were appropriated and there was a county government additional allocation that that was passed in 2022/2023 yet the money was never absorbed. Parliament will then have to re-do its work yet we know that Parliament does not act in vain. I do not want to belabour what is in this Report, but I pray that this House will find it in its wisdom to pass or adopt the Committee's Report so that, going forward, we can exercise our constitutional duty of oversight and see to it that there is proper ... view
• 23 Nov 2023 in National Assembly: Informal Settlement Improvement Project (KISIP), worth Ksh6.6 billion. The funds were appropriated and there was a county government additional allocation that that was passed in 2022/2023 yet the money was never absorbed. Parliament will then have to re-do its work yet we know that Parliament does not act in vain. I do not want to belabour what is in this Report, but I pray that this House will find it in its wisdom to pass or adopt the Committee's Report so that, going forward, we can exercise our constitutional duty of oversight and see to it that there is proper ... view
• 16 Nov 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to the debate on this Bill. I listened carefully as the Mover initiated the debate on this Bill. I support it with reservations. I am happy that the Leader of the Majority Party has acknowledged that there are some sections that need to be amended. During the Committee of the whole House, I will move the amendments that I am desirous of moving so that we can fine-tune and align this Bill to the facts on the ground. More often than not, we are conflicted, whether in our ... view
• 16 Nov 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to the debate on this Bill. I listened carefully as the Mover initiated the debate on this Bill. I support it with reservations. I am happy that the Leader of the Majority Party has acknowledged that there are some sections that need to be amended. During the Committee of the whole House, I will move the amendments that I am desirous of moving so that we can fine-tune and align this Bill to the facts on the ground. More often than not, we are conflicted, whether in our ... view
• 16 Nov 2023 in National Assembly: Bill deeply, scrutinise it and bring all the amendments that we need before we pass it. Otherwise, it will be an effort in futility. I dare say that we will be shooting ourselves in the foot if we pass this Bill as it is. I support the Bill with reservations. I will move amendments during the Committee of the whole House. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. view