Anthony Kimani Ichung'wah

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon Speaker, although Sugoi is a very important village in this country. (Applause)

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, 13th June 2023 to prioritise the business for consideration during the week. As Members...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah My good friend, Hon. Junet might not have heard me clearly. I said “from business beginning on Tuesday, in the course of the week”. Next week, we will have the Third Reading and the Appropriations Bill, should it be published over the weekend. It could be Tuesday....

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, this House resolves to exempt the business appearing as Order 12 in today’s Order Paper from the provisions of Standing Order 40 (3) , being a 14th June 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 2 Hon....

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

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I rise under Standing Order

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) What I found to be completely out of order are the misleading statements not based on facts, which Hon. Robert Mbui is advancing. He should base his claims on what is in the Bill. (Loud consultations)

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

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, on a light note, you need to protect me. I appreciate that there are some Members who generate bonga points from their constituencies by mentioning the name Kimani Ichung’wah. You know, it cannot be that I cannot even smile. (Laughter)(Laughter)(Loud consultations)

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support this Bill. As I support it, let me just begin by pointing out the three critical issues I see this Bill proposing to do. One is to raise revenue to meet the expenditure of our national Government and county...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I will choose to ignore that for obvious reasons. I was on incentives. This Bill proposes a raft of incentives whose implication is lower taxation imposed on the people of Kenya. I was talking about manufacturing of human vaccines in Kenya. This Bill...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to concur with what the Leader of the Minority Party has said. We have consulted and we, not largely but wholesomely, agree with you since we in Kenya Kwanza are never in the business of disagreeing. We believe it...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the nomination and approval of the immediate former Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) , Hon. Noordin Haji. As it has been said in the Report, this is a gentleman known very well by the people of Kenya....

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise under Standing Order 30 (3) (a) to move the Procedural Motion. Hon. Speaker, I beg to move: THAT, pursuant to Standing Order 30 (3) (a) , this House orders that should the time appointed for adjournment of the House...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I rise to support, and fully agree with what the Member for Mathare Constituency has said. We must allocate money to complete the TVET in Mathare Constituency. (Laughter)(Laughter) Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, this particular vote suffered...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, allow me to support the amendment. I like the wording of Hon. Wamboka’s amendment. That, even the national Treasury should be debarred from allocating further resources to the vote of private universities without prior approval of this House. It is time this...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, Egerton and Moi Universities are being closed down. Our premier university, The University of Nairobi… Yes, it is “The University of Nairobi.” You know I went to the University of Nairobi. (Laughter) Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu UDA) The National Treasury must not...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chair, the Chair is talking about reallocating this amount from here to the Judiciary, and from one point to the other. However, he needs to explain to Members so that they understand exactly how much and where he is getting that money. At...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Yes, Hon. Speaker. But if you allow me…

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) They are well taken care of, Hon. Speaker. (Laughter)

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Papers? 8th June 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 1

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, you must understand that when there is a chorus of “No CDF, no Budget”, you tend to rush to Statements.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Reports of the Auditor-General and Financial Statements in respect of the following institutions for the Financial Year ended 30th June 2022 and the certificates therein:

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I would rather start with the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) .

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) I think in the interest of the attention of Members, Hon. Speaker, allow me to start with the Statement from the National Treasury on funding the NG-CDF and the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) . In a letter dated 8th June 2023 addressed to...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I was saying the delay in keeping up with weekly disbursement of Ksh2 billion was occasioned by challenges in resource 8th June 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 5 Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA)mobilisation both domestically and externally. However, the situation has improved with the...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, Hon. Millie says she is getting a Kikuyu accent with the word “prioritising”. Mr. Ndung’u is watching our debate. He has just sent me a text saying they are sending Kshs5 billion today and next week for both NG-CDF and NGAAF. He will...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to welcome back all Members once again after the long recess. (Hon. Peter Masara rose on a point of order)

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. You must appreciate Hon. Masara. At least, he is no longer protesting and saying that he does not 8th June 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 8 Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA)recognise His Excellency, President, Mr. William Samoei Arap Ruto as the President....

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg your indulgence because the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining is not in the House. I, therefore, beg that you adjourn that particular Motion until a time when the Chairman is available. He was engaged elsewhere. I...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, as indicated in Order No.14 on the Miscellaneous Statute Amendment Bill, there are still two Chairpersons of Committees who are yet to finalise their Committee Reports, and we had not intended to reach to this Order in the course of this afternoon. I,...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker for that very detailed Communication. You will remember that some time back, I shared with the House our draft proposal on the Motion that defined the mandate of this bipartisan Committee. Following your recognition of this Committee, as you said during...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following papers on the Table: Memorandum of the proposed... Sorry Hon. Speaker. Whatever is typed here does not make sense, so I will just try to re-order that.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me also thank the Cabinet Secretary for that answer. The question of public universities is very dear to many Members of Parliament because these institutions and colleges traverse almost all our counties and constituencies. Hon. Cabinet Secretary, you might be...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I will beg your indulgence because I had engaged the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning last week and he indicated they are in the process of working on both disbursements for the counties and the NG-CDF. However,...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to also take this opportunity to welcome back all the Members to the House after the short, but long working recess. I would also like to thank the Members because many of them were very active in committees, both...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support that Motion and to also inform the Leader of the Minority Party that the Deputy Leader of the Minority Party was moving it on my behalf because I was on a phone call behind the chamber. As...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. You know when you read out the Communication about the Prayer Breakfast, many Members around me were doubting those prayers because of the inclusion of Hon. Chepkong’a. (Laughter) Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following...

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, 2nd May 2023 to prioritise the business for consideration during the week. I wish...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for that reminder. May I just include as you have stated. On resumption on 6th June 2023, on Wednesday, 7th June 2023, the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Hon. Ezekiel Machogu, will appear to answer to the questions that were left pending...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me commend Hon. Walter Owino for raising that issue because it is, indeed, true.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Jared Okello is the Member for Nyando. You know, Hon. Speaker, Nyando is a constituency that is very close to my heart. Their former Member of Parliament, Hon. Fred Outa, was a very good friend of mine. I have had occasion to visit Nyando Constituency...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) I was saying I want to avoid the route taken by my colleagues in ODM by celebrating my withdrawal of security. I am also saying that, as much as we are entitled to security… I remember that time they told us: “You are secure. And...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) That is why I went out of my way yesterday, together with the Leader of the Majority Party in the Senate, to call for sobriety. Yesterday, I said that we bend backwards to accommodate our colleagues so that we can continue to engage with each...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Now that all these Hon. Members are not protesting with other people out there, I want to request… I am sure that by now they likely have their security officers. This is because one of them told me that their security had been withdrawn, and...

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

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I noticed that when you introduced students from Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Hon. Babu Owino whom I know is a young man, when we were cheering in the House… (Loud consultations)

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) This is a House of order and decorum. I rose on a point of order because I noticed something that is uncalled for by Hon. Babu Owino. It is a fact that he is a young man and a parliamentarian. He ought to be an...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me begin by congratulating you for that Solomonic ruling. Hon. Speaker, it is clear that in as much as you were not in this House when we enacted the Standing Orders… I can allow those walking out to do so...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I was congratulating you for having interpreted these Standing Orders and appreciating you were not a Member nor the Speaker of this House when we enacted these Standings Orders in the last Parliament. As you said, Standing Order 20A (4) is quite clear...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) I still have some nostalgia, Hon. Speaker. I am nostalgic about Jubilee Party because we had great plans for this country. I had hoped that you would communicate that you recognise Jubilee Party as a distinct Parliamentary Party in your ruling which qualifies under the...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) I would like to ask our colleagues in the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) to be as gracious as we have been. Azimio la Umoja – One Kenya Coalition Party, I pray and hope that you will resolve the issues that are within your Coalition so...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to reply to the Motion. As you mentioned, we have, indeed, interacted with this Motion for the better part of this Session. We even went ahead to amend the Standing Orders. That is why in the last three weeks...

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

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I appreciate Hon. Jared Okello’s attempt. However, he knows that the Leader of Majority Party is a constitutional office with an office. These theatrics are unnecessary in the House. I want to request that you rule him out of order. If he...

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

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

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker for your indulgence. As you were delivering your Communication, I scanned through the House and counted not more than six of our departmental committee chairpersons. Hon. Speaker, as we expressed ourselves in the House Business Committee, it is becoming a matter...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support those reports by the Decentralised Funds Accounts Committee. Let me begin by thanking the Chairman, Hon. Mulyungi, for bringing this very timely Report that covers almost five counties. It is actually six counties and close to...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you Hon. Speaker. I thought Hon. Otiende Amollo was going to say that Hon. Sabina Chege is holding brief for Hon. Junet, who I am aware is out of the country but will be back tonight. Hon. Otiende Amollo, you can relax as from...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) I think the Member for Bomet East… (Laughter)

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) No. He tried to trip me as I came down, but inadvertently. 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, 25th April 2023...

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

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you Hon. Speaker, I am sorry to interrupt the Mover before she replies. Today, I was listening to the men’s conference discussions and the gentlemen in that conference were asking… I mean the men’s conference within the National Assembly. As the Mover replies, she...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also rise to support this Report by the Committee on National Administration and Internal Security on the approval of Mr. Edwin Kiprono Cheluget. As Members will see from the Report, Mr. Edwin Kiprono is a gentleman who, from his...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for protecting me from Hon. T.J. He is very unsettled. I do not why he gets very unsettled when we discuss this matter.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) I said that I was perturbed. I am certain that very many other Kenyans who honour and respect our police officers were perturbed. It does not matter whether I am a Member of Parliament, President or Governor. Those officers also serve you. Therefore, it behoves...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving that guidance. It is true. That is why I was wondering why my brother was getting very jittery. Those are things that are in the public domain. It is true. I saw the former President act in a...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I will not say that you have come of age but you have always been of age. Thank you for protecting me from Hon. T.J. Kajwang’. I must appreciate the incessant interjections by Hon. Kajwang’ were to derail us from...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Commission serves to oversee the work of those forces and servicemen. That is why it is important that as we discuss and seek the approval of Mr. Edwin Kiprono Cheluget as a member of the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) ,...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I was on a phone call in the room behind you. I would like to thank the Majority Whip because I saw him on television stepping in on my behalf. I just want to take this opportunity to alert all...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for your indulgence. I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: The National Tax Policy from the National Treasury and Economic Planning. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also take this opportunity to welcome Hon....