Zachary Kwenya Thuku

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: ( off record) view
• 8 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I do not wish to contribute to this particular Bill. My interest is in the Public Investments Committee Report. view
• 17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for this opportunity to support the Report by the Special Funds Committee on the Audited Report on the NG-CDF Accounts of the said constituencies in Kiambu County. At the outset, I join my colleagues in the chorus that the NG-CDF is a miracle in the village because this is the only Fund that is transforming lives in our individual constituencies. It is changing the lives of people who had no hope by giving them hope. However, on the same note you realise that the NG-CDF is given to constituencies equally. I believe that equality is not ... view
• 17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, there is the issue of late disbursements. The constituencies cannot implement their projects on time because the National Treasury is delaying in disbursing funds. There is the issue of inequality in terms of disbursing the same. You find that when one constituency has received 100 per cent funding the other constituency is at 20 per cent. We need to know why this is happening as much as some constituencies may have given their priority list of projects to be done. As a House, we must do what we are supposed to do to compel the CDF The ... view
• 17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Board to disburse money as and when it is required so that we do not jump to the next financial year before receiving our disbursements for the current financial year. With those remarks, I support the Report. view
• 17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to second this Bill as proposed. view
• 17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to second the position taken by the CDF Committee on the issue of the Bill that has been brought to this House or presented to us by the Senate. I take a keen consideration of the Report that emanated from the deliberations of the CDF Committee. Without saying much, the people who have the primary duty of developing our wards are the county assemblies because they are established by the Constitution. Therefore, it would be their duty to allocate money to their wards. Therefore, this matter should not have come here for ... view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. At the outset, I support the Bill. As my colleagues have stated rightly, this Bill should have come immediately after the enactment of the 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
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Constitution in 2010. We have had issues on revenue collection by our county governments. The very purpose of devolution was to take services closer to the people by making sure that revenues that are collected are felt at the lowest level. We should see some level of transparency, accountability and verifiability of revenues collected by county governments. There are several types of revenues collected by revenue officers in the county governments. There is cess, parking fees, trade licence fees, physical planning fees and fees paid by mama mbogas. But we do not have a standard system for collecting revenue so ... view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Report that emanated from PIC. view