Anthony Kimani Ichung'wah

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. In principle, I support the Petition but vehemently oppose the mode proposed by Hon. Gatobu, who is a former Member of this House. In his Petition, he is proposing the unthinkable, just like governors imagined just a few weeks ago...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. 29th February 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 9 Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA)Leader of Majority Party? Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA)Hon. Temporary Speaker, we are a House of record. I just took the liberty to have a glimpse...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) If you read the Statement by Hon. Clive, and I want to believe the late Walter Nyamato was his constituent, it did not have the decency to convey condolences to the family of the late Walter Nyamato. Let me take this opportunity, on behalf of...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA)(Hon. Opiyo Wandayi spoke off record)Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I was saying that the Statement averred that the National Police Service dispatched officers, including the late Inspector Walter Yamato, to the Republic of Haiti despite a High Court order. The person seeking the Statement, Hon....

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) So, Hon. Temporary Speaker, I just wanted you to direct that the Leader of the Minority Party and Hon. Clive must not take advantage of the unfortunate passing on of a diligent and committed patriotic officer of our country to play very cheap politics and...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary 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 Tuesday, 27th February 2024, to prioritise business for consideration during the week....

Hon. Kimani Ichungw’ah (Kikuyu, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Leader of the Majority Party? Hon. Kimani Ichungw'ah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, indulge me. I request that we reorder business appearing as Order No.9 to appear as Order No.10, and Order No.10 to appear as Order...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I hear what you have said. Actually, I was going to take that tangent – that, this is purely an administrative matter. The Board that the Cabinet Secretary is in charge of is the one that disburses money. When money is...

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Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, you can see the challenges we had even at the beginning of the House. Several Committee Chairpersons and Members are sitting for the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) .

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 Tuesday, 20th February 2024 to prioritise business for consideration during the coming week. As Members...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for that guidance. As you have rightly said, it is true that we did not conclusively give a way forward in NADCO on the two-thirds gender rule because principally, there was no broad agreement between the various stakeholders on the issue...

Hon Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. It is only fair that you put the Question on this matter because what Hon. Nyikal has said is geared towards reducing the amount that is collectable with no justification at all. We completely disagree with the justification he has...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, why we are lost on the Member for Githunguri's amendment is that Clause 9 talks about the monies that will be paid into the Fund. Clause 4 is the one that spoke about what she is speaking about: the Levy, and that...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I rise to support this particular amendment. You saw university students appear before the Committee during public participation. I see the Hon. Ariko, who is a Member of the Committee, remembers. One of the challenges that have been with our students in...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I rise to oppose the amendment. Hon. Pukose said that we have already collected the Levy and the money is going into a fund that is also allocating funds to other implementing agencies, including county governments. How will we use the NHC...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. We support this amendment. As Hon. Haro has said, it is just inserting the word ‘where applicable’ to take care of our Muslim brothers and sisters who usually do not pay interest on loans but have loan repayments. That is...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, allow me to support this. This Schedule now caters for many issues that some Members raised during the Second Reading, especially, on the Kenya Slum Upgrading programmes. Members also questioned the role of the county governments under this programme. Now county governments...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I rise to support this amendment. As it has been said by the Chairperson, it now brings into the fold the institutional housing. Since I had prosecuted the case for institutional housing, I would only have wished the Departmental Committee...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee in the said report. I also request Hon. Betty Maina to second the Motion for agreement with the report of the Committee of the whole House. (Laughter)

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the Affordable Housing Bill (National Assembly Bill No.75 of 2023) be now read a Third Time. Before I call Hon. Hilary to second, allow me to take this opportunity to thank all these Members, including all those...

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

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am constrained but to agree with the Member for Buuri and Hon. Junet, indeed, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the county governments licensing bars. This particular incident in Kirinyaga – maybe the Chairperson is not aware – is that...

Hon Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, this matter was, indeed, canvassed and you made a very reasoned ruling and directed that if anybody desires to amend the memorandum or my storyline of what the Bill is all about, they are at liberty to do so when it comes to...

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 (HBC) which met on Tuesday, 13th February 2024 to prioritise business for consideration during the week. This was...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was checking whether the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee is in the House because in most instances... I know, for instance, the case about the Public Financial Management (PFM) Act. It will have some implications. Being a Money...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Hon Junet is my good friend, and I know his wife. (Laughter) 15th February 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 4 Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA)Committee that you designated to handle this Bill did very good work. It did extensive public participation in...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I agree with the Leader of the Minority Party to a large extent. There is no doubt that this Bill concerns counties. The courts have already held that before the First Reading, there is no need for concurrence on whether a...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for that guidance. Indeed, the Memorandum is just that, a memorandum. It is a storyline that tells you what the Bill is about.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move that the Affordable Housing Bill (National Assembly Bill No.75 of 2023) be now read a Second Time. Hon. Speaker, for the comfort of Hon. Junet, I will repeat that this Bill concerns counties and if approved by...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table:

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Asante sana, Mhe. Spika wa Muda. Hoja yangu ya nidhamu ni kwamba hapa bungeni ni lazima tuongee tunavyo sema kwa lugha ya kimombo with relevance. Yani tuongee mambo yanayohusu Mswada ulio mbele yetu. Nimemskia Mhe. Zamzam akiongea kuhusu Fuel Levy. Sijui Fuel Levy ina uhusiano...

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

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I do not want to interrupt Hon. Injendi, but you can hear the laughter that is coming from Hon. Atandi. He is laughing like someone in a bar not in the House. He is disrupting everybody; we cannot even hear Hon. Injendi's...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA)It is ‘Kiamburi’ Slums. 15th February 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 36 Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA)Kiamburi Slums. Thank you, Leader of the Majority Party. I will be very happy to hear that the people who live in the Kiamburi Slums will be dignified and given these...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, Hon. Nyikal has invited me by referring to what I said about public participation. But clearly, he has not read the outcome of that public participation in the Committee’s Report. All the issues he is speaking to, like eligibility, are proposed amendments...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I have listened to both Hon. Yusuf and yourself. However, what you have said is not clear because the Chair, Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Affairs is not… Have you directed that the Chair avails a formal statement or that Hon....

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 97 (1) , this House orders that each speech in a debate on Bills sponsored by a Committee, the Leader of the Majority Party or the...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 97 (1) , this House orders that each speech in a debate on Bills not sponsored by a Committee, the Leader of the Majority Party or...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 97 (1) , this House orders that each speech in a debate on any Motion, including a Special Motion be limited in the following manner: A...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 97 (1) , this House orders that each speech in debate on Reports of Audit Committees be limited as follows: A maximum of 60 minutes for...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: 14th February 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 6 Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA)orders that each speech in a debate on other Committee reports, including a Report of a Joint Committee of the Houses...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, noting that Standing Order 24 (6) provides that debate on a Motion on the Address by the President shall be limited to not more than four sitting days, and pursuant to...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 28, this House approves the Calendar of the National Assembly (Regular Sessions) for the Third Session (2024) as contained in the Schedule to the Order Paper....

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First, I take this opportunity to say happy new year to all Members and welcome them back to the House this good year, 2024. As you indicated, I pray that the House will always quorate just like this afternoon. As you...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Asante Mhe. Spika wa Muda. Ninataka nijiunge na Wabunge wengine kuchangia hili jambo la Barabara ya kutoka Jitoni kwenda Rabai katika Wadi ya Jomvu Kuu, Eneo Bunge la Jomvu. Hii Barabara naielewa kwa sababu inashikanisha Jomvu na Kilifi. Nilikuwa pamoja na aliyekua Naibu wa Rais,...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Nasikia Mheshimiwa Nelson Koech akisema labda niko na nyumba nyingine Kilifi. Sina nyumba Kilifi. (Kicheko) Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Nilikuwa ninasema hata kwangu Kikuyu ujenzi wa barabara nyingi ulisimamishwa kwa sababu zilikua zimeanzishwa na aliyekuwa Naibu wa Rais wakati huo, na waliokuwa na hatamu...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hoja ya nidhamu, Mhe. Naibu Spika.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hoja yangu ya nidhamu ni kwamba Mwenyekiti wa Kamati ya Miundo Msingi na Barabara, anadai kwamba Waziri hakuwa na haki ya kusema alivyosema jana. Ilhali anajua kwamba hakujileta hapa. Aliagizwa aje kujibu swali ambalo Mbunge wa Kathiani, Mhe. Robert Mbui alikuwa ameuliza. Tulikuwa tukifuatilia Kanuni...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hana nidhamu.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me first thank Bwana Muchere whom I know well. He has been an internal auditor at the National Treasury. He has been a very spirited public advocate for good governance and the fight against graft in this country. Hon. Speaker,...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me first thank Hon. Chepkonga for withdrawing that remark on ignorance. For all I know, the Leader of the Minority Party is not ignorant. He is, indeed, doing very well. He has caught up on what the Leader of the...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Alice Ng’ang’a. Hon. Speaker Is she in the House? Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) She is not.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House resolves to exempt the business appearing as Order Nos.11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 in today’s Order Paper from the provisions of Standing Order 40 (3) , being a Wednesday Morning,...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 30 (3) (c) , this House resolves to hold a Morning Sitting on Thursday, 7th December 2023, commencing at 9.30 a.m. for purposes of considering priority business...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 120, this House resolves to reduce the publication period of the National Government Administration Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.73 of 2023) from fourteen (14) days...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, we had indeed reported. I am just moving for the Third Reading. 6th December 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 18 NATIONAL LOTTERY BILL Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the National Lottery Bill (National Assembly Bill No.69 of...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) I was not certain whether the Chairperson moved the other amendment as per the Order Paper. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. Martha Wangari) : He moved it is as per the Order Paper with a further amendment. Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Okay. The Temporary Chairlady...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move that the House reports its consideration of the Gambling Control Bill (National Assembly Bill No.70 of 2023) and its approval thereof with amendments. (Question proposed) (Question put and agreed to) (The House resumed) IN THE HOUSE [The Temporary...

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. Caroli Omondi to second the Motion for agreement with the Report of the Committee of the whole House.

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the Gambling Control Bill (National Assembly Bill No.70 of 2023) be now read a Third Time. I request Hon. Catherine Omanyo to second.

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I seek your indulgence under Standing Order 53 that for obvious reasons, we defer the last bit of the Third Reading to the afternoon sitting.

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.2) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.68 of 2023) be now read a Second Time. The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.2) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.68 of 2023) seeks to amend various statutes...