Anthony Kimani Ichung'wah

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. My apologies. I was interrupted by the Member for Manyatta on drought-related issues. I want to inform Hon. Farah that I was informing the Member for Manyatta that before he was born, there was a District Officer who stole relief...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Secondly, some of the people you hear pontificating out there about NIF were with us during the campaign. I know some of them did not have the temerity to read and conceptualise what we were selling to the people of Kenya during the campaign. They...

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

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

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. First, let me thank the Member for raising this issue. It is indeed a matter of great concern, not just to the people of his Constituency but to all Kenyans. As the Speaker said, when one part of Kenya is...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I corrected myself, but he did not listen. Although he was born a Somali, he is a Luo. He is an assimilated and naturalised Luo. Hon. Speaker, allow me also to welcome the delegation from Somali Regional State in the Federal...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to break the monotony, so that it does not look like this delegation is being welcomed by only Members from the Somali region in Kenya. However, Hon. Junet, the Leader of the Minority Party, is a Luo Somali. 17th...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I corrected myself, but he did not listen. Although he was born a Somali, he is a Luo. He is an assimilated and naturalised Luo. Hon. Speaker, allow me also to welcome the delegation from Somali Regional State in the Federal...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to break the monotony, so that it does not look like this delegation is being welcomed by only Members from the Somali region in Kenya. However, Hon. Junet, the Leader of the Minority Party, is a Luo Somali. 17th...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I corrected myself, but he did not listen. Although he was born a Somali, he is a Luo. He is an assimilated and naturalised Luo. Hon. Speaker, allow me also to welcome the delegation from Somali Regional State in the Federal...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to break the monotony, so that it does not look like this delegation is being welcomed by only Members from the Somali region in Kenya. However, Hon. Junet, the Leader of the Minority Party, is a Luo Somali. 17th...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the adoption of this Report by the Public Petitions Committee on the pollution of River Athi. Before the River Athi gets into the Indian Ocean, it goes through a number of counties where many people have...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, let me begin by thanking you for the action you have just taken. As you have rightly put it, it is about the dignity of this House and not the person of the Speaker. It is not about Hon. Kibagendi as a Member...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I seek your indulgence on Order No. 10, Committee of the whole House. There are quite a number of amendments that have been proposed to this Judges’ Retirement Benefits Bill. We have agreed with the Chairman, Hon. Murugara, to consolidate all the amendments...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I will do that. Hon. Speaker Thank you. Leader of the Majority Party, your Thursday Statement. Do you have any today? Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was consulting with Hon. Lochakapong, who is sympathising that many other Chairpersons...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for even reminding me. I was persecuted when I was the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee together with the Member for Bondo. When I declined to approve a further Ksh1.5 billion they wanted to steal from the Ruaraka...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Allow me to also welcome students from Molo Academy. I am impressed by what their Member of Parliament, who is also an accomplished accountant and a very good Chairperson of our Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning has said....

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Let their Member of Parliament welcome them.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for even reminding me. I was persecuted when I was the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee together with the Member for Bondo. When I declined to approve a further Ksh1.5 billion they wanted to steal from the Ruaraka...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Allow me to also welcome students from Molo Academy. I am impressed by what their Member of Parliament, who is also an accomplished accountant and a very good Chairperson of our Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning has said....

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I will do that. Hon. Speaker Thank you. Leader of the Majority Party, your Thursday Statement. Do you have any today? Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was consulting with Hon. Lochakapong, who is sympathising that many other Chairpersons...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Let their Member of Parliament welcome them.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I will do that. Hon. Speaker Thank you. Leader of the Majority Party, your Thursday Statement. Do you have any today? Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was consulting with Hon. Lochakapong, who is sympathising that many other Chairpersons...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for even reminding me. I was persecuted when I was the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee together with the Member for Bondo. When I declined to approve a further Ksh1.5 billion they wanted to steal from the Ruaraka...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Allow me to also welcome students from Molo Academy. I am impressed by what their Member of Parliament, who is also an accomplished accountant and a very good Chairperson of our Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning has said....

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Let their Member of Parliament welcome them.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for even reminding me. I was persecuted when I was the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee together with the Member for Bondo. When I declined to approve a further Ksh1.5 billion they wanted to steal from the Ruaraka...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Allow me to also welcome students from Molo Academy. I am impressed by what their Member of Parliament, who is also an accomplished accountant and a very good Chairperson of our Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning has said....

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I will do that. Hon. Speaker Thank you. Leader of the Majority Party, your Thursday Statement. Do you have any today? Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was consulting with Hon. Lochakapong, who is sympathising that many other Chairpersons...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Let their Member of Parliament welcome them.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: NOTICE OF MOTION APPROVAL OF THE CALENDAR OF THE HOUSE FOR THE FIFTH SESSION Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT,...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. 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 the general debate contemplated under Standing Order 114 (7A) (b) (Consideration of a Legislative Proposal to amend...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 28, this House approves the Calendar of the National Assembly (Regular Sessions) for the Fifth Session (2026) as contained in the Schedule to the Order Paper. SCHEDULE CALENDAR...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. 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 the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on Budget Estimates contemplated under Standing...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, Hon. (Sir) George Murugara is an accomplished legal mind in this country like you, a Senior Counsel. The next lot of senior counsels is the likes of Hon. (Sir) George. From the time he worked with Hamilton Harrison and Matthews Law Firm, he...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, we pity you and your deputy. You have to read the whole text when proposing a question and reread it when putting the question. Maybe Commonwealth Parliaments should look into a new way of simply referring to what was proposed, rather than having...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: The 2026 Budget Policy Statement, together with the following accompanying documents—

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. 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 Constitutional Commissions and Independent Offices be limited as follows: A maximum of four...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Those sentiments are well taken as they supplement what I had said. I appreciate Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu for always sitting through the entire budget-making process. He has been a Member of the Budget and Appropriations Committee for a long time...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I hope she is well guided. It is not only malicious but, as you said, it is also fallacious and defamatory to the person of the Speaker and the institution of Parliament. Hon. Speaker, you must understand. Some of these people are not.......

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Point of information, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. 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 Sessional Paper shall be limited as follows: A maximum of two and a...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, on this one, you will need water. It is a long one. I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Orders 41 and 42 relating to conveying of Messages from the Senate and from the President 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, on a light note, I doubt I would be a neutral arbiter in that battle between Uasin Gishu and Nandi Counties on who hails from whose ancestral land. I cannot be a neutral arbiter because my ancestral land is also in Nandi...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following 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 11th February 2026 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 97 (1) , this House orders that each speech in a debate on Other Committee Reports, including a Report of a Joint Committee of the Houses of...

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. 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 the general debate contemplated under Standing Order 114 (7A) (b) (Consideration of a Legislative Proposal to amend...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 28, this House approves the Calendar of the National Assembly (Regular Sessions) for the Fifth Session (2026) as contained in the Schedule to the Order Paper. SCHEDULE CALENDAR...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. 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 the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on Budget Estimates contemplated under Standing...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, Hon. (Sir) George Murugara is an accomplished legal mind in this country like you, a Senior Counsel. The next lot of senior counsels is the likes of Hon. (Sir) George. From the time he worked with Hamilton Harrison and Matthews Law Firm, he...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, we pity you and your deputy. You have to read the whole text when proposing a question and reread it when putting the question. Maybe Commonwealth Parliaments should look into a new way of simply referring to what was proposed, rather than having...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: The 2026 Budget Policy Statement, together with the following accompanying documents—

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. 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 Constitutional Commissions and Independent Offices be limited as follows: A maximum of four...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Those sentiments are well taken as they supplement what I had said. I appreciate Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu for always sitting through the entire budget-making process. He has been a Member of the Budget and Appropriations Committee for a long time...

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I hope she is well guided. It is not only malicious but, as you said, it is also fallacious and defamatory to the person of the Speaker and the institution of Parliament. Hon. Speaker, you must understand. Some of these people are not.......

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Point of information, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. 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 Sessional Paper shall be limited as follows: A maximum of two and a...

Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah (Kikuyu, UDA) Hon. Speaker, on this one, you will need water. It is a long one. I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Orders 41 and 42 relating to conveying of Messages from the Senate and from the President or...