Zachary Kwenya Thuku

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Oct 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to speak to this Bill. From the outset, I want to congratulate and thank the two leaders of the House: the Leader of the Majority party and the Leader of the Minority Party for coming together in the spirit of national dialogue for bipartisan talks and bringing this Bill which is co-sponsored. view
• 26 Oct 2023 in National Assembly: As many previous speakers have stated, this Bill and the content therein must be protected. We must fight for this Fund till the last man is left standing because it has transformed lives. Many of us have sad stories and the only difference brought to our lives is the establishment of this fund by one Muriuki Karue who happens to be my countymate. Every time, I see people running to court to fight NG-CDF, my heart bleeds. I run a full scholarship programme for vulnerable children who would never go to school were it not for the provision of this ... view
• 26 Oct 2023 in National Assembly: As many previous speakers have stated, this Bill and the content therein must be protected. We must fight for this Fund till the last man is left standing because it has transformed lives. Many of us have sad stories and the only difference brought to our lives is the establishment of this fund by one Muriuki Karue who happens to be my countymate. Every time, I see people running to court to fight NG-CDF, my heart bleeds. I run a full scholarship programme for vulnerable children who would never go to school were it not for the provision of this ... view
• 26 Oct 2023 in National Assembly: The attempts we are making as a House are to correct anomalies which were there to the extent that we were perceived to be the people who implement, run and oversee this Fund at the same time. In as much as that would be the case, I want to bring to the attention of this House that only one per cent of funds allocated to NG-CDF is under contention. The Constituency Oversight Committee and the rest of the fund has no contention. Therefore, anybody who runs to court to challenge this Fund in terms of administration is fighting a battle ... view
• 26 Oct 2023 in National Assembly: The attempts we are making as a House are to correct anomalies which were there to the extent that we were perceived to be the people who implement, run and oversee this Fund at the same time. In as much as that would be the case, I want to bring to the attention of this House that only one per cent of funds allocated to NG-CDF is under contention. The Constituency Oversight Committee and the rest of the fund has no contention. Therefore, anybody who runs to court to challenge this Fund in terms of administration is fighting a battle ... view
• 26 Oct 2023 in National Assembly: There is some interesting thing about development and I propose to bring amendments. If you look at funding of projects, there are proposed amendments to Section 25 which states: “(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (3), the Constituency Committee may identify a religious body or organisation as an appropriate specialised agency for purposes of section 8 with regard to emergency support.” view
• 26 Oct 2023 in National Assembly: There is some interesting thing about development and I propose to bring amendments. If you look at funding of projects, there are proposed amendments to Section 25 which states: “(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (3), the Constituency Committee may identify a religious body or organisation as an appropriate specialised agency for purposes of section 8 with regard to emergency support.” view
• 26 Oct 2023 in National Assembly: I think this is shooting ourselves on the foot. This is because which religious organisations will we identify? Where I come from churches are the majority. If we allow NG- CDF to be used for religious activities, then we will be going back to the same quagmire we are in because of our involvement in constituency oversight activities. view
• 26 Oct 2023 in National Assembly: I think this is shooting ourselves on the foot. This is because which religious organisations will we identify? Where I come from churches are the majority. If we allow NG- CDF to be used for religious activities, then we will be going back to the same quagmire we are in because of our involvement in constituency oversight activities. view
• 26 Oct 2023 in National Assembly: Again, in my constituency, one of my predecessors bought a grader. The proposed amendments to Section 25 states: “(7) Projects may include the acquisition of vehicles, machinery and other equipment for the constituency.” We are allowing for the acquisition of machinery but we do not have funds for recurrent expenditure like fuel and employment of people to run these machinery. The reason I am opposing these proposed amendments is because they will bring audit issues. I wish machinery is bought by county governments because they are the ones expected to maintain our roads and other things. view