Raphael Bitta Sauti Wanjala

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalang’i, ODM) Hon. Speaker, sorry, I have a cold. I want to agree with Mheshimiwa Omboko that there is unfairness by the Departmental Committee on Energy, the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure and the Budget and Appropriations Committee. We have only 290 constituencies in the country....

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalang’i, ODM) Hon. Speaker, sorry, I have a cold. I want to agree with Mheshimiwa Omboko that there is unfairness by the Departmental Committee on Energy, the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure and the Budget and Appropriations Committee. We have only 290 constituencies in the country....

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity. We are Members of Parliament in this Country. This is Parliament. People are not appointed because they come from specific constituencies or villages. They are appointed regionally because they are qualified Kenyans. The Member for...

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity. We are Members of Parliament in this Country. This is Parliament. People are not appointed because they come from specific constituencies or villages. They are appointed regionally because they are qualified Kenyans. The Member for...

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Government wants a 100 per cent transition to high schools. You will find that it pays capitation for each student, but the teachers have added a levy of about Ksh6,000, Ksh10,000 or Ksh12,000 to buy the food that the students...

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to reply and thank the Hon. Members for their contributions. The most important thing that I want to ask the Cabinet Secretaries and departmental heads, is that, when they do budgeting, they need to include some monies to...

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to reply. (Question put and agreed to)

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to reply and thank the Hon. Members for their contributions. The most important thing that I want to ask the Cabinet Secretaries and departmental heads, is that, when they do budgeting, they need to include some monies to...

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to reply. (Question put and agreed to)

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Hon. Speaker, as you have rightly said, we will take a vote. This House recognises three types of voting; namely, acclamation, 18th October 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 35 Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM)electronic and roll call. As I sit in this House, we are in...

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Hon. Speaker, as you have rightly said, we will take a vote. This House recognises three types of voting; namely, acclamation, 18th October 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 35 Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM)electronic and roll call. As I sit in this House, we are in...

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Minister for Environment said that bamboo trees are used to stop flooding. I do not want to say...

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Sorry. Mitigate flooding. I do not want to challenge him. However, I want to tell him that flooding is one thing, and mitigating flooding is another thing. Bamboo will only stop soil erosion. It will not prevent water from moving. It will stop soil erosion....

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Let me just complete. The Minister has been in the Ministry of Defence, and they did a good job in Kisumu, where they had desilted Kisumu, where the ships are supposed to dock. They had the equipment. We also have equipment in the dams. The...

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Most obliged.