Anthony Kimani Ichung'wah

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, JP) I do not have reports in my office which have not been tabled, including those we got last week, unless the Chair of PIC on Commercial Affairs and Energy has any other information. There is something important in relation to the matter Hon. Pkosing has...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, JP) Hon. Speaker, on the question of any pending audit reports, we table them as they come. If the Chair is privy to some information, he can bring it to my attention.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, if you can indulge the Chairperson, Budget and Appropriations Committee, to do this in the course of the Sitting because they are still sitting in the Committee...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, JP) I do not have reports in my office which have not been tabled, including those we got last week, unless the Chair of PIC on Commercial Affairs and Energy has any other information. There is something important in relation to the matter Hon. Pkosing has...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, JP) Hon. Speaker, on the question of any pending audit reports, we table them as they come. If the Chair is privy to some information, he can bring it to my attention.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) I will proceed. Statement on the Financial Year 2022/2023 Additional Expenditures granted under Report of the Auditor-General and Financial Statements for Bandari Maritime Academy

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Special Audit Report of the Auditor-General on the Contracting Process for Transportation of Cargo via Standard Gauge Railway by Kenya Railways Corporation. If you allow me, there is a question that was asked...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) I will proceed. Statement on the Financial Year 2022/2023 Additional Expenditures granted under Report of the Auditor-General and Financial Statements for Bandari Maritime Academy

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Special Audit Report of the Auditor-General on the Contracting Process for Transportation of Cargo via Standard Gauge Railway by Kenya Railways Corporation. If you allow me, there is a question that was asked...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, sorry. There is something else that has just come in on Papers.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have Papers to lay on the Table of the House. However, the Leader of the Minority Party was engaging me 24th November 2022 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 2 Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA)on other Papers that are yet to be laid. So,...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Yes. Something has just come in from the Table Office. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: 24th November 2022 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 4 Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA)The Defence Cooperation Agreement between the Government of the Republic of...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, the House Procedures Committee is seized of the matter of reviewing our Standing Orders to ensure that Cabinet Secretaries come to this House to answer Questions on matters affecting the people of Kenya, who are represented by these hon. Members. Hon. Temporary...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) No, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I was going back to Statements.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I just wanted to guide the Chairperson. Since this statement is going to his Committee, he should not be doing what he is doing now. He should just tell the House when he will deal with the matter because he is now...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I was just concerned because the Member said his constituents call him on WhatsApp. I was wondering because since freedom came, we no longer use WhatsApp to call. Unless there is a section of this country that the public feels there is...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I just want, by way of comment, to thank the Member for Kamukunji for seeking this Statement. It is true that many of our telecommunication and internet service providers are literally stealing from our people. The moment you buy bundles,...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, the House Procedures Committee is seized of the matter of reviewing our Standing Orders to ensure that Cabinet Secretaries come to this House to answer Questions on matters affecting the people of Kenya, who are represented by these hon. Members. Hon. Temporary...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) No, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I was going back to Statements.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I just wanted to guide the Chairperson. Since this statement is going to his Committee, he should not be doing what he is doing now. He should just tell the House when he will deal with the matter because he is now...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I was just concerned because the Member said his constituents call him on WhatsApp. I was wondering because since freedom came, we no longer use WhatsApp to call. Unless there is a section of this country that the public feels there is...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I just want, by way of comment, to thank the Member for Kamukunji for seeking this Statement. It is true that many of our telecommunication and internet service providers are literally stealing from our people. The moment you buy bundles,...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, sorry. There is something else that has just come in on Papers.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have Papers to lay on the Table of the House. However, the Leader of the Minority Party was engaging me 24th November 2022 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 2 Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA)on other Papers that are yet to be laid. So,...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Yes. Something has just come in from the Table Office. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: 24th November 2022 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 4 Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA)The Defence Cooperation Agreement between the Government of the Republic of...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for your indulgence to give this notice out of time. I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, acknowledging that Article 256 of the Constitution provides for the process of amending the Constitution by parliamentary initiative; further acknowledging...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts Sessional Paper No. 1 of 2022 on the National Automotive Policy, laid on the Table of the House on 25th May 2022. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, if you could also be a little bit patient, I was getting there.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, you may know that I am stickler to rules and procedures from my first term in his House. Therefore, I indicated, indeed, that besides the issue of gender and the non-parliamentary political parties, we are also obligated in line with our Standing...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) As amended, it duly complies with our Standing Orders. We have a very good gender representation. I really want to speak to my colleagues in the Minority to ensure that they always incorporate such Members to comply with the two-thirds gender rule and accommodate independents....

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) I want to request the Hon. Deputy Leader of the Minority Party, Hon. Robert Mbui, to second the amendment.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, with your indulgence, I know the Deputy Leader of the Minority Party has noted this problem. That is precisely why I asked him to second this Motion. This is because, looking at the numbers, there are 11 Members; six from the majority...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you have to indulge the Member for Nyando. I have heard him “massaging” you by saying that he wished you were the President despite the fact that he never considered you to be his coalition’s presidential candidate. Just forgive him because...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg we support the amendment.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) I want to ask Hon. Nyikal to second.

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Osoro imagines that he can whip the Hon. Temporary Speaker, being the Chief Whip. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, acknowledging that Article 256 of the Constitution provides for the process of amending the Constitution by parliamentary initiative; further...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, that is what I was actually going to say that from the nine Members, the Majority had five slots while the Minority had four slots. The Majority side has done very well because we have complied with the two-thirds gender rule. Out...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) No wonder the Ministry of Education was very hesitant to roll out that project of Junior Secondary School miniature classrooms. Many of them dot our schools. Based on what I see in my constituency, I estimate 60 per cent of them are incomplete. However, they...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Yes

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me also thank you for jogging the House to the provision to the Standing Order 259 because we are a House of procedure and records, and it is only fair that we follow our own rules and 23rd November...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) That is okay.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Yes.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to move that we amend the Motion on Clause 3 pursuant to Standing Order 48: That the following members represent the National Assembly in the Joint Parliamentary ad hoc Committee:

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for your indulgence to give this notice out of time. I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, acknowledging that Article 256 of the Constitution provides for the process of amending the Constitution by parliamentary initiative; further acknowledging...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts Sessional Paper No. 1 of 2022 on the National Automotive Policy, laid on the Table of the House on 25th May 2022. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Yes, Hon. Speaker. I think I can undertake that. The Chairperson was here but I am told he has gone to my office. I do not know to do what yet I am here. (Laughter)

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Therefore, I will seek an answer from the Ministry and give it next week.

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I had indicated that I will do so in one week which falls on Tuesday next week. I hope Hon. Junet will be in the Chamber.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me just add my voice to this issue. On the question of GMO, it is only fair that we address ourselves to both issues of science and fact. A lot of things are being peddled out there that may...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, Hon. Opiyo Wandayi is a very good friend of mine. Of course, he knows why he had to stand. That is a point of debate. He knows what I am talking about and he knows there are peddlers of fear out there....

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) We should appeal to our farmers so that we are able to mitigate the cost of living. Farmers must also be aware that with the release of subsidised fertiliser this year, their cost of production is likely to come down. Rains are with us in...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. That is advice that the House can take because Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi not only represents farmers, but is also a maize farmer. He is speaking facts. It is only that he probably did not get what I said. I said that...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I said Hon. Junet thrives on propaganda. He is now quoting newspapers that only he seems to have read. I read his tweet 22nd November 2022 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 19 Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA)yesterday speaking to matters that are already before a...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, first, I do not know whether Hon. Junet has any powers to appoint anybody as a Cabinet Secretary. I do not know whether he was the one appointing Cabinet Secretaries to purport that I refused to be appointed. I believe that if I...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am wondering whether this Statement has not been expended by the Notice of Motion which the Member for Mosop has already given in relation to this discussion because it is very similar to the issues that are about to be...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) I just heard he has gone to my office, I do not know to do what yet I am here but, I can undertake. I want to indicate to the Member that the Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Education paid a courtesy call to...