Anthony Kimani Ichung'wah

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Most obliged.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) It is sad if this land in Isinya can be transferred fraudulently, Hon. Speaker. I will ask the Chair or Vice-Chair to bring the response in exactly two weeks.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also rise to support the Committee's position on the Consideration of the Senate Amendments to the Houses of Parliament Bill. As the Mover, Hon. Chepkonga, said when he was moving the Bill, many of the amendments of the Consideration...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me also take this opportunity to welcome the group from Chogoria in Tharaka-Nithi County. I hear the Member for Buuri saying it is PCEA. I wanted to say these are very good people from Chogoria. As he says, it...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As I second, I beg your indulgence to allow me to take this opportunity to thank the Members who stayed on until very late yesterday afternoon to conclude this Appropriation Bill. For the benefit of those who were not in the...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 2 of 2025) be now read a Third Time. I request Hon. Hilary to second.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I seek your indulgence that before we go back to Questions and Statements, we consider Order 8, which is a Procedural Motion, and then Order 13.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This is a simple Procedural Motion to reduce the publication period for the Division of Revenue Bill to enable it to undergo public participation and be considered when we resume from the short recess. This will also allow the Senate to...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA)The Vice-Chairperson is here.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) As soon as we are back, the first Wednesday, which should be 2nd April.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) I will. He is consulting with the Vice- Chairperson behind you.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Two weeks.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Before you rise, allow me to thank the Deputy Speaker for this Statement. I also note that we have done well in adhering to the election schedule issued by the Office of the Clerk. It is important that even the leadership...

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

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, on behalf of our County Woman Representative, Hon. Wanjiku Wamuratha Ann and the Member for Gatundu North, Hon. Kururia, I welcome the beautiful girls from St Francis Mang’u, which is in Gatundu North, Mang’u area. It is one of the very best...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) He must be finalising the amendments to the Insurance Bill.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Is it for the Statement or to welcome?

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It is called: “The School.” Allow me, before I read the usual Thursday Statements, on behalf of the House 13th March 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 4 Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA)and on my own behalf to welcome the school that we...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) It was extremely good. I missed that opportunity to visit Zambia. However, from the time the Majority Whip came back from Zambia, he has always had stories about the Zambian Parliament and how their parliamentarians live within the constituency houses in the City of Lusaka....

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA)

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, for your information, that was just an error. Instead of increasing the Vote by Ksh500 million, it was increased by Ksh500,000. We are just correcting a typographical error. It is the same case for the subsequent amendment that will be moved. The...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA)

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the House do agree with the report of the Committee of the whole House on its consideration of the Supplementary Appropriation Bill, (National Assembly Bill No.8 of 2025) . I request Hon. Oron to second.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, allow me to say something as you consult.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I just want to thank Members for availing themselves for this very important task of appropriating resources through the Supplementary Appropriation Bill. Once we finish with this business, tomorrow morning, we will avail more resources for expenditure to the people who have...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee in the said report. I request Hon. Naomi Waqo to second the motion on agreement with the report of the Committee of the whole House.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, there is nothing that is out of order. I rise pursuant to Standing Order 31, on adjournment of the House. Hon. Members will remember the substantive Speaker’s Communication that today we will be having a solidarity dinner with our colleagues of the...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the passage of this BPS for the Financial Year 2025/2026 and the Medium Term. This BPS comes at a time when our economy is recovering from the 2022 dilapidated economy. 12th March 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for allowing me to reply to the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 2 of 2025) . First, I thank all the Members who contributed to the debate on this Bill. As I said while moving the debate,...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Yes, Hon. Speaker. As soon as the Clerks- at-the-Table share the Schedule, we can go back to Order No.11. However, I think they should have published them on the gadgets in the House so we can access them from there.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Just post them on the gadgets.

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

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Motion for consideration of the Second Supplementary Estimates for the current financial year as ably moved by the Hon. Deputy Speaker and seconded by Hon. Pukose. Being an economist, Hon. Makali Mulu would have wanted more...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. That means they have to come to this House for approval of the additional Ksh48 billion. That is what the National Treasury should be doing. As I congratulate Hon. Atandi for his election as the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the County Governments (Revenue Raising Process) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.11 of 2023) be now read a Third Time. I request Hon. David Ochieng’ to second.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Public Audit (Amendment) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No.4 of 2024) be now read a Third Time. I also request Hon. Irene Mayaka to second.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, this is a short Motion. I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Orders 28 (4) (Calendar of the House) and 30 (3) (c) (Hours of Meeting) , this House resolves to— 11th March 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, further to the resolutions of the House of 5th and 6th March 2025 regarding reconstitution of Committees, this House resolves as follows: (Laughter) 11th March 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 11 Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I have asked the Leader of the Minority Party to second but Hon. Katana is distracting him. Before Hon. Junet walked in, he was in a meeting with Members of his coalition in his office, and Hon. Wamboka was seated in his place....

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise on behalf of the Chairperson of the Liaison Committee, the Deputy Speaker who has stepped out to have a sitting on the Supplementary Appropriations. I wish Hon. Omboko had raised this matter before the process moved that far. (Several...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I hope I will be speaking to those who are interested in the business of the House. Hon. Speaker, what you have said is true. The business of this House is the business of the people who gave us the greatest...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move: THAT, the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 2 of 2025) be now read a Second Time. We published this Bill for the second time following the lapse of the mediation process on the...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I was giving an example of a county – I do not want to name it – whose governor told me that the impasse between the RMLF and this Bill was making them lose Ksh1.1 billion that should have gone to water,...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) I will do that, Hon. Speaker.

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

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) In two weeks.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (a) , I rise to give the following Statement on behalf of the House Business Committee, which met on Wednesday, 5th March 2025, to prioritise business for consideration during the week. As Members are...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, at times you run into problems when you sit next to Members who are very engaging like the Members for Murang’a and Laikipia.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) The Member for Murang’a has taken over the seat of the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party, and the Member for Laikipia is in the Whip of the Majority Party seat. I am used to sitting with gentlemen here, but the two gracious ladies have...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg your indulgence before we move to the next Order, which is the Committee of the whole House. As I indicated in the usual Thursday Statement on the business for next week, one of the Bills we are considering is the Public...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I do not want to buttress what the Leader of the Minority Party has said. Under the current dispensation and in line with our Standing Orders, it is true that both parliamentary and non-parliamentary parties are represented in the Committee on...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, allow me to do that when we resume from the short recess.

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

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, allow me to move this amendment on behalf of Hon. Irene Mayaka, who went for the Kisii Consultative Meeting with the former Prime Minister. Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 8 of the Bill be amended in subclause (2)...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. With your indulgence, I would like to clarify a matter concerning the document tabled here in the form of a letter from the national Treasury. Members may have noticed an error reported in the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) sent to the...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) I wish to draw her attention to this because it is important for her to understand the basis of the letter we received from the National Treasury. It addresses a correction of an error in the BPS submitted to us. The Departmental Committee on Finance...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) I will do that.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you. I rise to second. As the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party has said, these nominees enable all the 100 constituency NG-CDF Committees to start functioning after approval by the House, as is required by the law. I beg to second. (Several Members...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, the Member for Kajiado North Constituency is my very good friend who served as a Member of the County Assembly of Kajiado. He has clearly read out the Standing Orders. I will choose to ignore the invocation of my name, which is now...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for your indulgence. The Deputy Speaker is saying I never have a card. I usually have one but I lost it in the crowd that was here. I do not know who took it. 5th March 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. (Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose spoke off the record) Hon. Pukose says Hon. Kangogo is very mobile today. I do not know whether there are cows that have disappeared somewhere in Marakwet East. I was saying that during the last Parliament,...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is not up to me to say what will happen to them. But if the appointing authority has publicly pronounced himself...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, House resolutions are in writing and are given to the National Treasury upon approval. When they receive them, they should start to count the days up to 31st May and 31st July for actualisation of the TSA. If they do not, they...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Most obliged. I will make sure we get a Statement from the Kenya National Examinations Council and the Ministry of Education because as you rightly say, students have already paid for the exams. Most of those in private schools, as you...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I agree with you that Hon. Ruku is completely out of order. He seems to be requesting for a Statement under the disguise of other things. First, Hon. Ruku has not filed any Question or request for a Statement for the Cabinet Secretary...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, the issue raised by Hon. Kangogo Bowen is quite important. To directly answer Hon. Bowen, the Senate’s role in the 27th February 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 10 Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA)BPS is restricted to only one Ministry, the National Treasury and Economic...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, with your indulgence, I am being told to repeat. If a cabinet secretary of the national Government is not a Member of the county executive committee (CEC) , particularly this one who has a letter dated 25th February, has an invitation from the...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I heard what Hon. Jack Wamboka raised. I agree, to an extent, with the response by Hon. Omboko. For Hon. Wamboka’s benefit, this is not the first time the Speaker has directed that the budget process, whether it is the BPS...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to inform the House and jog your memories a bit. You know we have come from a very long recess. Last year, we published the County Additional Allocations Bill for Financial Year 2024/2025. The Bill went to the Senate...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) I am not asking Members of Parliament; I am asking Kenyans. They can tell us which governors are constructing any roads anywhere. If anything, the roads are maintained by KeRRA and then governors duplicate the same projects so that they loot from public coffers. We...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also join Hon. Junet Mohamed, the Leader of the Minority Party, to condemn that act by the County Government of Nairobi. I ask the County Government of Nairobi and Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) to get into a negotiation...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Yes, they are also criminal acts under the National Environment Management Act and criminal acts touching on economic crimes. They dumped garbage and sewer deliberately on a road. They spent public resources to dump and later clean-up, which is an abuse of public funds.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Therefore, we should not allow this kind of behaviour to go unchecked. These are the same governors who sometime back, were asking to be given some security officers under their command. You can imagine if these governors had policemen under their command, they would trample...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First, let me commend the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Health and all the Members of the Committee for the excellent work they did following your instructions in Naivasha. Indeed, the Committee and the Ministry officials have gone to great...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, let me talk to the Chair— because I have not seen him today—to see whether we can bring it on Thursday.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, it disadvantages very many people, especially professionals like teachers, who work in those areas. I also have the same issue in my constituency. I told the Chair that in my constituency, there is one sub-location within the same location, which is a hardship...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. In replying, allow me to thank all the Members. You and I were away on Thursday afternoon, but I watched online as this Bill was debated. We must thank the Parliamentary Service Commission for 25th February 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 20...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Precisely. You narrated that story at another forum—the House Business Committee. It is indeed true that one of the most abused cultural practices of Kenya is the Maasai culture. You can imagine Nigerians pretending to be Maasais in London. It is, therefore, important to have...