Zachary Kwenya Thuku

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to speak on this Motion that has been brought by the Special Funds Accounts Committee. view
• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: At the outset, the purpose to which the Fund was created was to have a socially just and equitable society devoid of extreme poverty. We seem to be achieving that goal albeit slowly. That is because the Government has not replenished the Fund from the initial seed money that was allocated to it. view
• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to bring to your attention something that is of interest. I sit in one of the oversight committees concerned with matters of finance. I got concerned today because we could be debating most of the audit reports that have been tabled in this House in vain. Article 229 (8) of the Constitution provides that we should expedite debate and adopt or reject the reports within three months after they have been tabled, but that does not seem to happen. We have been debating reports that have been tabled in this House six months or ... view
• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Frankly speaking, it is not possible to have all the reports that are tabled in this House expedited and debated within three months. The Constitution is clear that it should be within three months. We could have many legal hurdles where we adopt reports and expect that the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Committee on Implementation will follow on the same. But someone can run to court to challenge the same. view
• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: The initiative that is the Uwezo Fund as created has some challenges because there is no capacity building. So, the Fund is distributed or shared out haphazardly and there is a lot of brotherhood, nepotism and such like things. We do not have thresholds that are set. Even if some thresholds were set, the people that are entrusted with giving out the funds do not have a way of measuring and making sure that the deserving groups get the money. view
• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Another issue that I have noted is that the money was cascaded down to the constituencies. But we have constituencies that are very large, like Kinangop Constituency, where I have two sub-counties. We get the same allocation like other constituencies. Going forward, I wish we could look at how best we can reach as many people as possible by having the money go through sub-counties. view
• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Finally, we also need to look at the bottlenecks that hamper the distribution of the same. There are many bottlenecks like lack of information and, of course, having a committee whose members are not given allowances. So, it is like they are doing voluntary job. Therefore, there is no motivation. In terms of recovery and training, we also need to build capacity in that area. view
• 10 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Speaker, I wish to take this opportunity on my own behalf and on behalf of the people of Kinangop, Nyandarua County, to convey our heartfelt condolences to the family of the late President Moi. From the outset, President Moi’s life is a testimony of what we can become if we believe in ourselves. He came from a very humble background. He fought battles and won. Having come from a poor background, it is a testimony that anybody can rise from being a hustler, a son of a The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for ... view
• 10 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: peasant, to become a president and a great man in this country. So, whether you like or hate him, he was the longest serving president. May his soul rest in peace, view