Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 461 to 470 of 1948.

• 3 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Disposal Bill 2014. I mentioned that because areas like procurement are a major source of the audit queries that end up in the various audit reports. As part of the process of implementing the recommendations of these Reports and improving the general environment within which public funds are audited, scrutinised and oversighted, this Committee has also convened a very historic tripartite forum. The forum is the first of its kind in this country. This forum will bring together the National Treasury with all the Accounting Officers who are appointed, PAC and the Kenya National Audit Office (KENAO). The purpose of ... view
• 3 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Even as we discuss these matters, I want to draw the attention of this honourable House to the serious constraints in the Office of the Auditor-General. One of the reasons the Auditor -General cannot give us the report that we are pushing for in good time is because his capacity is strained. The Auditor -General now has to audit 48 governments, namely, the national Government and the 47 county governments. The budgetary allocation to the Kenya National Audit Office has not registered any exponential growth over the last three years that we have been rolling out the new constitutional order. ... view
• 3 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: The sting in any report of the PAC, indeed, any report of this House, is how effectively recommendations of the Committee are implemented. I want to again draw the attention of the House to the fact that we have to go the extra mile to make sure that the recommendations in these reports are implemented. The PAC has already noted the challenge of weak implementation of recommendations in previous reports. It has identified a raft of measures that can be undertaken. At the top of those measures is the letter and spirit of Article 226(5) of the Constitution. It says ... view
• 3 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: When you look at all the three Reports that are being debated here, PAC has placed considerable emphasis on that Article 226(5) of the Constitution and has made a note that we will be enforcing the letter and spirit of that Article in a very serious way. Among the measures the Committee has identified include surcharging Accounting Officers. view
• 3 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: My fantastic brother, hon. Savula, unfortunately we are a House of rules and we are bound, but I would love him to whisper the clarification to me after this. I was saying that the question of implementing the recommendations of the Committee is essential. Otherwise, we would all be engaged in games of musical chairs that amount to zilch. Among the measures that the Committee has identified and will be deploying in accordance with Article 226 (5) of the Constitution on direct personal liability include: surcharging officers found culpable, investigation and prosecution, naming and shaming, pegging resource allocation to levels ... view
• 3 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: I am pleased that these Reports are adopted on a day when the Government of Kenya has shown serious intent to take action against persons suspected to have perpetrated the very heinous Anglo Leasing scandal. Allow me on behalf of the Committee to commend His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta for two reasons. One, in 2006 when His Excellency the President was the Chairman of PAC, he led that Committee in passing a verdict on the Anglo Leasing scandal and made far reaching recommendations including levels of culpability and responsibility that various actors ought to have taken. It is, therefore, gratifying ... view
• 3 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was commending His Excellency the President that in 2006, he led the PAC to set the agenda of bringing to book the perpetrators of the Anglo Leasing scandal. Today, as President of this country, he has deployed the full instruments of the State to ensure that, indeed, the recommendations that PAC made in 2006, though nine years down the line, are effected. However long it has taken action is being seen. Martin Luther King loved to say that the arc of history is long, but it always bends towards justice. That is the case we ... view
• 3 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: I repeat that if you wish to pass a verdict on this Committee, in terms of its performance and commitment to oversight, look at the product or the work of this Committee. I believe we have done a fantastic job. It now rests with those charged with the responsibility of implementation to pick our recommendations, run with them and make this country more accountable. We have declared war on corruption in all its forms and our recommendations speak to that very clearly; that the Committee is serious in the war against corruption. We have repeatedly told the Government, and I ... view
• 3 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I now conclude by urging this House to adopt the Reports of the PAC on: 1. The Appropriation Accounts, Other Public Accounts and the Accounts of the Funds of the Government of Kenya for the Financial Year 2010/2011; 2. The Appropriation Accounts, Other Public Accounts and the Accounts of the Funds of the Government of Kenya for the Financial Year 2011/2012; and, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 3 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: 3. The Appropriation Accounts, Other Public Accounts and the Accounts of the Funds of the Government of Kenya for the Financial Year 2012/2013, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 2nd December, 2014. view