Zachary Kwenya Thuku

Hon. Kwenya Thuku (Kinangop, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for your magnanimity. If we can maintain the guaranteed minimum return on milk so that our farmers sell their produce at Ksh50 per litre, we will be empowering the people we have been talking about— mama mboga and the farmers...

Hon. Kwenya Thuku (Kinangop, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I acknowledge the Member who has just spoken, Hon. Pareyio. It is called Taifa Care. It got a new name for ease of reference. In a very special way, I commend the President for the...

Hon. Kwenya Thuku (Kinangop, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Member for Mwala has raised an issue about the family travelling to the US to seek justice. From what we gathered, there is an active case filed by the family. There were conflicts on who the family is. In...

Hon. Kwenya Thuku (Kinangop, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for the guidance. Indeed, this family needs closure of this matter. We will endeavour to do whatever is within our purview to bring this matter to rest. I will communicate the same to the Chairperson of our Committee. Thank you.

Hon. Kwenya Thuku (Kinangop, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I have two Responses to Statements. I will start with the request by the Member for Mwala Constituency.

Hon. Kwenya Thuku (Kinangop, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I will start with the one that was requested by the Member for Lang’ata Constituency, Hon. Phelix Odiwuor, alias Jalas Jalang’o. He sought a Statement regarding the current management and public access to Uhuru Gardens. The Member for Lang’ata Constituency,...

Hon. Kwenya Thuku (Kinangop, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to respond to a Request for a Statement by Hon. (Eng.) Vincent Musyoka, Member of Parliament for Mwala Constituency, regarding Mysterious Death of Mr William Alfred Mulwa Mutilangi in the...

Hon. Kwenya Thuku (Kinangop, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I really empathise and sympathise with the situation of the family. In fact, the issues they have raised are pertinent. However, we sat as a Committee and engaged the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs when the matter was brought...

Hon. Kwenya Thuku (Kinangop, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I wish to respond on behalf the Chairman. I assure the Hon. Member that this matter will be forwarded to the relevant Ministry, that is the Ministry of Defence, and a response should be expected within 14 days. Thank you.

Hon. Kwenya Thuku (Kinangop, JP) Thank you very much. I also support this amendment, but still give my voice on feeds. This is what we intend to do in empowering the relevant county government departments that are dealing with matters relating to agriculture. The issue of standards and certification is...

Hon. Kwenya Thuku (Kinangop, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to thank my colleague, the Member of Parliament for Kipipiri, who is my neighbour in a special way. The above-mentioned road passes through my constituency from the Flyover to Njabini, then Kipipiri, and all the way to Nyahururu....

Hon. Kwenya Thuku (Kinangop, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chair. I wish to support this amendment for the simple reason that members of the county assemblies are the representatives of the people. Indeed, any report that emanates from whatever quarter needs the approval and ratification of the county assemblies. We...

Hon. Kwenya Thuku (Kinangop, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for your magnanimity and generosity. On the Single Treasury Account, we are saying that no government entities and corporations should run unwarranted bank accounts. We should have one account and consolidate all monies in the Central Bank of Kenya. We...

Hon. Kwenya Thuku (Kinangop, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I thank our Vice-chairman for the powerful address as he moved this Motion by the Committee. I second and support this report that emanated from our sittings as Members of this Committee. In my support, I take a three-pronged approach...

Hon. Kwenya Thuku (Kinangop, JP) Thank you. The microphone is back. In terms of mandate, nothing has changed. I thought at one point that, as a House, we need to rethink our strategy because we may not be as effective as the Constitution envisages in terms of our oversight role...

Hon. Kwenya Thuku (Kinangop, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Sorry, I did not carry my card and, maybe, that is why my name is not reflecting. But I happen to be one person who is so passionate about reports that emanate from the Public...

Hon. Kwenya Thuku (Kinangop, JP) Yes, the whip was helping in moving this amendment. I wish to move the amendment under Vote 2043, Programme 0723000 - General Administration, Planning and Support Services – by deleting the expression Ksh6,050,461,246 appearing in Column 9 (Gross Recurrent Expenditure) and substituting therefore the expression...

Hon. Kwenya Thuku (Kinangop, JP) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, the reason as to why we are here is partly because members of the public say that there is a lot of wastage and duplication of functions. We are allocating money and we are not expecting any yields. The issue of allocating...

Hon. Kwenya Thuku (Kinangop, JP) Indeed.

Hon. Kwenya Thuku (Kinangop, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for your magnanimity. I was saying that we have so much money. I was talking about the Housing Levy. There is a proposal that the money be invested in Treasury Bonds. I, therefore, asked who is going to pay interest...

Hon. Kwenya Thuku (Kinangop, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me start by giving my observation as to how fast Hon. William Samoei Ruto became the President within a very short time. Everybody is happy that he is our President.

Hon. Kwenya Thuku (Kinangop, JP) Indeed, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I agree and stand guided. I cannot put it better than my colleague, the Member for Ol Jorok. Indeed, Senate does not need the Senate Oversight Fund. Giving Senators that money will be robbing Kenyans because they are on payroll. Their...

Hon. Kwenya Thuku (Kinangop, JP) Hon. Chairlady, I rise to support this amendment by the Chairlady of Kenya Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA) . We are trying to encourage local manufacturing and once we exempt raw materials from tax we will create employment. Thank you.

Hon. Kwenya Thuku (Kinangop, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support the amendment as presented by the Senate. I have a keen interest in this Bill, which is a culmination of the agreement that was reached by the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) . The Senate’s proposals should be captured...