Anthony Kimani Ichung'wah

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (a) , I rise to give Statement on behalf of the House Business Committee which met on Tuesday, 14th March 2023 to prioritise business for consideration during the week. As Members...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, sorry for interrupting Hon. Joyce Kamene. I am really perturbed by the actions of the Members for 16th March 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 15 Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA)Nyando and Muhoroni. They are speaking and conversing in Dholuo right in front of...

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 year ended 30th June 2018 and the certificates therein: TFB6810-KE (P173065). 15th March 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 2

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It is important we mention that all chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of committees should be in the House at 2.30 p.m. This is only out of respect for the Office of the Speaker.

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

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) The Speaker cannot be sitting waiting for chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of committees, or even Members. The House starts at 2.30

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

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, we shall indulge our chairs. Today, being the last time, we indulge them. I sometimes come late because I also have other responsibilities for my constituency. For instance, I was not in the House this morning. The Deputy Leader of the Majority Party...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of the Chair of the Select Committee of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund on three Constituency...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Report by the Budget and Appropriations Committee on the BPS for the Financial Year 2023/2024 and the Medium Term. As the Chair and the seconder noted, there is nothing much to say on this because, first,...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) I need just one minute, Hon. Speaker, to conclude. Our lakes and oceans are a huge and rich resource for our country that has not been exploited and we shall now focus on those areas. I want to support. I also urge the House to...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me begin by thanking the Member for Kiambu, Hon. Machua, for this Statement and appreciating this great lady. It says that she comes as first amongst many, not just being the first lady Member of Parliament from Kisumu but in...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you for this opportunity. Allow me to, first, thank the Public Debt and Privatisation Committee, under the chairmanship of Hon. Abdi Shurie and the Vice-Chairmanship of Hon. Makali. Members, you will note this is the second Report this Committee has churned out within a...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) I am sure there is nothing out of order.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, you know that English might be a problem to the former Mayor of Mavoko Municipality. There is nothing wrong with asserting that the President we have is the legitimately elected President. I did not say there is another president. There cannot be...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I was saying that the Committee is still cracking the numbers to ensure that the BPS that comes before this House is a value-chain oriented one that takes money to our priority areas as the Kenya Kwanza Government. This is something that...

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

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, Hon. Kaluma has mentioned me. He then went ahead to mention the Ruto regime while speaking about things that happened under the handshake regime. I agree with Hon. Kaluma that we cannot budget for Ksh3 trillion. If they are not able to...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, this country has the capacity to generate adequate revenue, but without those who evade taxation through tax 14th March 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 39 Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA)waivers, and are now inciting Kenyans to run away from paying taxes. He should...

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

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I can see many of us are struggling to follow what the Hon. Member is reading in the Statement. I want a clarification from the Member whether this is a personal Statement or a Statement on behalf of the Committee that he...

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

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

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I know Hon. Wamboka is new in this House, but it is good for him to take time to learn. I was just trying to 9th March 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 8 Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA)guide him that under Standing Order...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Hon. Wamboka can learn from this Statement and how it is done under Standing Order No. 44 (2) Committee on amendments to the Standing Orders. I look forward to the debate on these 9th March 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 10...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to second the Report by the Select Committee on Procedure and House Rules. I would just like to add that as the Mover, Hon. Ochieng’, moved the Motion it was important for him to mention that upon approval...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Chairlady, the Mover had put it in the right context in terms of naming. I have just been explaining to the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Blue Economy that the other matter on maritime is yet to go to the Procedure and House...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. You know, when a gentleman who served in the Kenya military asks you to second, you have no choice but to second. I was asking him who is seconding and he said it is me. So, I have to comply....

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. You know at times it is good to allow Hon. Jared Okello, being the only ODM Member present in the House today to, at least, be seen to be defending his party leader. However, I can also assure him that...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I do not want to contribute to the Petition. I want to respond to the pertinent issues that have been raised by Hon. John Mbadi on the processing of petitions. We must be careful so that we are not seen as...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I hear what Hon. Millie is saying and she has every justification to say whatever she is saying. Her views are well noted more so by the House Business Committee. However, Hon. Millie is not a first-time Member of Parliament....

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Petition by Madam Annette Mbogo who the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party tells me is from Kilifi County and is a very good scholar and lawyer. In support of this Petition, she avers that she...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I thought Hon. TJ is usually rattled if I mention the Ruaraka Land Scandal in Ruaraka Constituency. However, today I did not. I only mentioned people who were in office at the time crimes against humanity were carried out in this...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker for that protection. You know I am very careful about what I say here and everywhere else I speak, but let us not run away from the truth. The Committee and all investigative authorities that investigate such matters should not be...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: Submission of Nominees to Garissa and Mbeere North Constituencies from the National Government Constituencies Development Fund Board. Research on the state of Certified Secretaries (CS) profession in Kenya from the...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me thank the Leader of Minority for asking for that statement. Standing Order 87 (2) says: “It shall be out of order to introduce an argument on any specific question upon which the House has taken a decision during the...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. With your indulgence, also allow me to welcome in a very special way, Mwiki Primary School. I visited the primary school way back in 2018 with His Excellency the President when he was the Deputy President. It is among the most...

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

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

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 Thursday, 28th February 2023, to prioritise the business for consideration during the week. As Members...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) No. I have not contributed.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am a little mesmerised by the defence that the Leader of the Minority Party has put up. The only unfortunate thing is that he is trying to incite or excite ethnic feelings, but the people of Kenya are more...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Maybe, just to correct Hon. Opiyo Wandayi, the people demonstrating yesterday over the Chinese issues are not on things being manufactured in Kenya. It is unfair trade practices by Chinese business people who have denied Kenyans access to the Chinese market...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) He wants to defend those media houses.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I understand that the Leader of the Minority Party has to defend the ownership of that particular media house by virtue of the fact that the owner is the outgoing chairman of the Azimio council of elders or something like that...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Therefore, for the benefit of the country, I want to explain what the debt anchor that the Cabinet resolved on yesterday is all about. Currently, our debt to GDP ratio is at 62.7 per cent. The Supplementary Appropriation Bill that we are debating today has...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairperson, for the benefit of Hon. Nzengu and other members of the Departmental Committee on Blue Economy and Irrigation, this is a matter that has been raised by the leader of the Committee. We were inducted on Committee business just the other day....

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute. This is not just a matter of faith, but one that touches on our national morals, values and culture as a people. From the outset, I want to state that I am a Presbyterian. I...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I was saying that if there is anything that I support President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for, it is the issue of LGBTQIA+. I will not go to the extreme way of dealing with them but we must be forthright as...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Hon. Speaker First, apologise to the House. Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) My apologies. We had a bit of consultation with the Whip. Hon. Speaker Which you should always do before time. Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) As you can see...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me, as I congratulate Hon. Babu for the good performance, and also correct him. What he was describing is called bottom-up economic model and not trickle-down. I know he has a problem with bottom-up. I want to encourage him because...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah is on a point of order. Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, you know I have tremendous respect for Hon. John Mbadi, and he knows that...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Legal Notice No. 2 of 2023 relating to Energy (Revocation) Regulations 2023, from the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum; Legal Notice No. 3 of 2023 relating to the Petroleum (Importation)...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, he is my good neighbour, but the shouting interrupts the thought process of the person speaking. We have beseeched ourselves, as the older Members, to be good examples to those who are new in the House and, more so, to our students...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Mtaona tu. Ulizeni Mhe. Babu kwa sababu anawajua! (Laughter)

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise under Standing Order 44 (2) (a) to make a Statement on behalf of the House Business Committee which met on Tuesday, 21st February 2023, to prioritise the business for consideration during the week. As Members are aware, yesterday Wednesday, 22nd...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of the Standing Orders 175 (3) and 212B

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA)With those many remarks, I want to beg that we support the establishment of this Committees so that they can embark on their very important duties. I wish to request the indomitable Member for Marsabit, Hon. Naomi Waqo and the Deputy Whip, to second.Thank you.

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, besides being irrelevant, Hon. Junet Mohamed is grossly misleading the country. He knows he is on live national television. He is talking about the Leader of the Majority Party sitting in meetings. He knows that the only meetings I sit in are...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Section 15 (1) (a) (ii) of the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Act, 2017 and Standing Order 175 (3) , this House approves the appointment of the following Members to...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, further to the resolutions of the House of Thursday, 27th October 2022 and Wednesday, 9th November 2022 appointing Members to various Committees; and pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 173, this House further...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. It is good that the Minority Whip has raised that very pertinent issue regarding the Committees of this House, including the Committee on Selection that I Chair. This is the only Committee that I Chair and sit in other than...