Zachary Kwenya Thuku

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Jun 2022 in National Assembly: I second. view
• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to put my voice on this Kenya Roads (Amendment) Bill. From the onset I wish to support the same. Indeed, I must congratulate the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing, through the able chairmanship of Hon. Pkosing and the newest Vice Chair in the House, Hon. Mercy Gakuya. The issue of defining the term of a DG is welcome. Indeed, increasing the term from three to five years is a very good thing we are doing for this country. The position of a CEO or a DG is the ... view
• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: On the second issue that is raising jitters in this House, I agree 100 per cent that the leadership of this organisation should have a Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. But on the second qualification, I differ with the proposal in the Bill: that the holder of this office must hold a Master’s degree from a recognised university. That is too vague and limiting. That ambiguity can only be cured by being cognisant of the fact that a Director-General is a manager. This is a managerial position. Having a first degree in civil engineering, the second degree should be a ... view
• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with all due respect, Hon. Kiaraho is doing his second term, but his appearance in the House is wanting. Maybe he is not well versed with the happenings in the House. This is the Kenya Roads (Amendment) Bill, so it is a Kenya Roads Bill in essence. It is one and the same thing. view
• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Okay, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am well guided. It is the Kenya Roads (Amendment) Bill. He has interrupted my thought process. I wanted to digress a little. We are talking of a parastatal that is entrusted with appropriation of fuel levy. The Director-General, in consultation with the Cabinet Secretary, decides on where the fuel levy money should go to. Many a times, especially for us who come from constituencies where it rains a lot and roads need repairs every other time, we make applications asking for emergency funding, especially from the 10 per cent that is entrusted to the ... view
• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: there are places where people go hungry. As a House, through the Departmental Committee on Transport, Housing and Public Works, should look at this matter. Money should be directed to where it matters. We should not hear that money is directed to constituencies where roads are not needed or where roads are not as important as where food comes from. I hope that the Director- General of KeRRA will consider and make sure that all the weather roads in Kinangop, which is part of the food basket of this country, are well paved so that we can cure the perennial ... view
• 23 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to add my voice on the County Governments Grants Bill. I believe it is a Bill whose time has come. We have seen attempts by the national Government, to some extent, to dictate the programmes that should be run by county governments. This has happened to the extent that county governments seem to be signing coerced agreements without much support of the law, where they cannot defend much. Let me give examples. We have had a situation and the colleague who spoke earlier, Hon. Ochieng’, alluded to this fact, in the ... view
• 23 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: I will come up with some amendments, so that we can align the Bill and make it stricter for the national Government to enter into county governments on conditional grants which they are to give. I am talking about money coming from the Government of Kenya because development partners are very specific. But the question that begs for an answer is: What if the Government or 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 2021 in National Assembly: county governments do not have, as priority, conditional grants by development partners? Do we have a mechanism where the county assembly or county governments can reallocate the money that is meant for the same programmes? If we leave it as it is, we will allow our development partners, with all due respect, and the Government, to dictate where the money will go. That has a direct impact on the independence of county governments. County governments should be autonomous. One of the reasons why county governments are not functional - and I am sorry to use the words not functional - ... view
• 21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to give my thoughts on the two Petitions. First of all, I thank you for your wisdom in committing them to the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning with a timeline of 14 days because many Petitions have been brought to this House, but we have never known what becomes of them because they are not time bound. On this one, it is very specific and I salute your wisdom. view