Zachary Kwenya Thuku

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government:- (a) Is the Cabinet Secretary aware that the late John Mwaura Karanja, Identification Card number 24288120, went missing on 2nd September 2018 from Magumu in Kinangop Constituency, with the body later being found in Matungulu, Machakos County? (b) Could the Cabinet Secretary provide details on how far the investigations have gone into this matter, and confirm whether any culprits involved in the murder of this young man have been arrested? view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Speaker for this opportunity to contribute to this Report by the NG-CDF. I congratulate them for such a wonderful Report. I have had an issue with that money, the way it was set aside to do the innovation hubs. In fact, I was about to bring a Petition on the same. But, I want to thank this Committee for moving fast and giving us such a wonderful Report from which we are going to have the money reallocated to projects of our choice. I castigate the Ministry. Of late, they are giving unilateral decisions on how we ... view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I wish to support the amendment by the Leader of the Majority Party. In fact, I want to be brief because this is in line with the Mwongozo guideline where nominated Members are nine as opposed to what was proposed by the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock. These are some amorphous organisations that do not exist in law. I support the amendment by the Leader of the Majority Party. view
• 8 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I thank the Whip of the Majority Party for giving me this opportunity to second this very important Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.2) Bill of 2018. I must say it is an honour to really be seconding this Bill when we have seniors here. In fact, I was sandwiched between two senior Members, the father of the House, Hon. Jimmy Angwenyi and Hon. Washiali. In seconding this Bill, I want to touch on three things as I support the amendments to all the 15 statutes that are under review. However, I want to single ... view
• 8 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: 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
• 6 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I want to support the same with some reservations because there are some amendments that I do not support. I wish to state at the outset that I will bring some amendments during the Committee of the whole House stage. This is a Bill whose time has come. I would rightly put it so, given the circumstances under which our county governments are being run. They are being run as if they are private members’ clubs, with one person in whom all power is concentrated. Maybe ... view
• 6 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: On the issue of deputy governors assuming office in the event of death or any eventuality of governors, I am of the opinion that we ought to be gender-sensitive on this issue because we are trying to be in support of the affirmative action. If the governor is of one gender, the deputy should be of the opposite gender. That way we shall create space for all the genders to be represented in the management of county affairs. view
• 6 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: On the issue of nominated MCAs, we are creating a monster because most of the people who are nominated in these county assemblies do not have the competence. They are just there for sale. They will always follow the highest bidder. They have no capacity to represent. I am saying this from a point of authority because this is what we are going through. 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
• 6 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: As my colleagues from Nyandarua County have stated, yesterday we sat in a meeting trying to resolve some wrangles in our county. The people who were supposed to give numbers as far as doing the right thing is concerned could not stand to the occasion because they are so afraid that they may be de-whipped by the party if the governor prevails. So, we need to have a safeguard mechanism and house rules on how such can be appointed. If need be, if these county assemblies meet the threshold of the gender representation, then we do not need to nominate ... view
• 6 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I would wish that going forward the Senate should come up with a legislation that is going to cure some of the problems that we are experiencing in our counties and constituencies. There are so many people with titles such as “Your Excellency”. It is not in order that governors bear the title of His Excellency. This is a preserve of a person who has been elected to the highest office of this land and that is the President, the Deputy President, former Vice President and maybe Baba because he is equal o the task to be called His Excellency ... view