David Mwalika

Hon. David Mwalika (Kitui Rural, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As a Member of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, I support the Bill. This Bill addresses the concerns raised by Kenyans during public participation on Safaricom’s divestitures. One of the concerns raised was, if you sell...

Hon. David Mwalika (Kitui Rural, WDM) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I have been sitting here since yesterday and each side is taking... (Loud consultations)

Hon. David Mwalika (Kitui Rural, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As you move forward to adjourn the House, I think this proposal is very important. This is because some of these levies, especially those from the counties, are overbearing on small businesses. Therefore, it is our responsibility as a...

Hon. David Mwalika (Kitui Rural, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. From the outset, I support the proposal by the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning. Two weeks ago, we met with the National Treasury to understand how the Government is prepared to address the global fuel crisis...

Hon. David Mwalika (Kitui Rural, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for this opportunity to support this Bill. I thank Hon. Oluoch for coming up with the amendments and mobilising Members to come and support the Bill. In the morning, I got two SMSs from him to come and support...

Hon. David Mwalika (Kitui Rural, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As a Member of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, I support this transaction. Members raised concerns, which were also raised by the public. However, most of those concerns were addressed in the Report of the Joint Committee....

Hon. David Mwalika (Kitui Rural, WDM) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. As a Member of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, this is something which we really discussed. We are talking about multi-billion projects and not small projects. For example, if we are doing an airport,...

Hon. David Mwalika (Kitui Rural, WDM) Yes, Hon. Makali is correct in what he is saying. When you look at the Bill, it talks about funding nationally commercially viable projects. That is what it addresses. It refers to highways, railway networks, airports and seaports. The intention of this Fund, when...

Hon. David Mwalika (Kitui Rural, WDM) Thank you. I think 24 hours is quite a short period. Of course, 14 days is quite a long time. I beg to agree with Hon. Lesuuda. Ni Lesuuda wala sio Bensouda. We can reduce this time to about 72 hours since 14 days...

Hon. David Mwalika (Kitui Rural, WDM) Thank you very much. I support the deletion as proposed by Hon. Gichimu. This is a valid argument because the employer determines if an individual performed or not. This should not be in the law. As he said, if we put it a law,...

Hon. David Mwalika (Kitui Rural, WDM)(Technical hitch)Hon. Chairlady, we also need to define the term “fee”. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : Hon. Nyikal.

Hon. David Mwalika (Kitui Rural, WDM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I have a problem with (inaudible) . The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : That is a different one. (Question, that the words to be left out be left out, put and agreed to) The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael...

Hon. David Mwalika (Kitui Rural, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Although I do not come from a coffee growing area, the issue of coffee is really disturbing. In 1975, this country experienced the highest growth in GDP of 8 -10 per cent that was driven by agriculture. One of...

Hon. David Mwalika (Kitui Rural, WDM) Yes, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Proceed. Hon. David Mwalika (Kitui Rural, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am a ranking Member of the Committee. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts...

Hon. David Mwalika (Kitui Rural, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I take the opportunity to thank the Members, especially the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party. He has struggled to say something on this Treaty. I am aware that he is not an economist. He has a degree in...

Hon. David Mwalika (Kitui Rural, WDM) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following papers on the Table: Reports of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on its consideration of:

Hon. David Mwalika (Kitui Rural, WDM) Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on its consideration of the agreement for establishing the Shelter Afrique Development Bank, laid on the Table of...