Zachary Kwenya Thuku

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Oct 2023 in National Assembly: I wish to support the amendment and urge the Committee to do a better job by making sure that we do not place the horse before the cart. view
• 4 Oct 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker and Hon. Wakili for this opportunity. I only have a few seconds to make my contribution. I want to say from the outset that many dreams are either lost, achieved or realised at the point of basic education. Therefore, this Motion could not have come at a better time than this one. We have been waiting for a very long time for the re-calibration of the NG-CDF so that we can be in a position to fund education from the primary level to junior secondary schools, and to the tertiary level. I, therefore, support this ... view
• 4 Oct 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker and Hon. Wakili for this opportunity. I only have a few seconds to make my contribution. I want to say from the outset that many dreams are either lost, achieved or realised at the point of basic education. Therefore, this Motion could not have come at a better time than this one. We have been waiting for a very long time for the re-calibration of the NG-CDF so that we can be in a position to fund education from the primary level to junior secondary schools, and to the tertiary level. I, therefore, support this ... view
• 28 Sep 2023 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Speaker. view
• 28 Sep 2023 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Speaker. view
• 28 Sep 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to proceed from where I stopped yesterday on this Report by the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the only body that has the mandate to make, change or amend the Constitution, the law and statutes is this House. Therefore, any attempt by the Executive especially the Cabinet Secretary through the Director-General of KRB to even attempt to do a circular to the effect that they were setting ceilings as to how much should be spent on our roads is in itself ultra vires, they were acting beyond ... view
• 28 Sep 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to proceed from where I stopped yesterday on this Report by the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the only body that has the mandate to make, change or amend the Constitution, the law and statutes is this House. Therefore, any attempt by the Executive especially the Cabinet Secretary through the Director-General of KRB to even attempt to do a circular to the effect that they were setting ceilings as to how much should be spent on our roads is in itself ultra vires, they were acting beyond ... view
• 28 Sep 2023 in National Assembly: Article 94(5) of the Constitution stipulates clearly as to who is supposed to legislate. Article 95 in terms of sharing revenue is well stipulated that it is only this House that can do that. Therefore, the issue of the KeRRA roads,as all Members may attest to this, forms the bulk of our roads and are such very important especially from Kinangop Constituency that I represent, which is the food basket for this great city. All we are asking is not a reduction of percentages, but an increment of the same. This House is within its power to do that; that ... view
• 28 Sep 2023 in National Assembly: Article 94(5) of the Constitution stipulates clearly as to who is supposed to legislate. Article 95 in terms of sharing revenue is well stipulated that it is only this House that can do that. Therefore, the issue of the KeRRA roads,as all Members may attest to this, forms the bulk of our roads and are such very important especially from Kinangop Constituency that I represent, which is the food basket for this great city. All we are asking is not a reduction of percentages, but an increment of the same. This House is within its power to do that; that ... view
• 1 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. view