Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 571 to 580 of 1948.

• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you can trust the hon. Member of Ainamoi to attempt to unsettle me and interfere with the flow of my thoughts. But I take it in good spirit and without prejudice, and just assure the hon. Member that I had every intention of citing the Motion at the conclusion, after having gone through the background to the Motion. That is coming but I do appreciate that. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in preparing these three reports - you will notice that I will keep on touching on three different reports as I move. For the year 2010/2011, ... view
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: we held 60 sittings and for the year 2012/2013, we held a total of 45 sittings. I dare clarify that some of the sittings were done at the same time, where we would take evidence on all the three reports from Accounting Officers at the same time. The Committee wishes to place on record a number of challenges experienced in this process that led to the preparation of this Report. The greatest constraint faced by the Committee in preparation of this Report was the incredibly heavy workload occasioned by the backlog of accounts that I have already noted was inherited ... view
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Accordingly, the Committee wishes to commend all those Accounting Officers who took their work seriously, and to strongly rebuke and reprimand every Accounting Officer who did not. As a measure of the significance the Committee attaches to this matter, the Committee has resolved that starting with accounts of financial year 2013/2014, reports to this august House will be accompanied with a list of honour naming and commending top performing Accounting Officers in an order of merit, and another list of shame, naming and rebuking those who do not take their accounting duties seriously. The Committee also notes with grave concern ... view
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: of the Auditor-General to be able to undertake its duties effectively. Our fear, also, extends to county governments where we think there could be even greater misapplication, misuse and wastage of public resources that have not come to the attention of this House, because it is the business of the Senate. These challenges, notwithstanding though, the PAC is proud to have discharged its mandate with honour and valour as expected of it by the Constitution, Standing Orders and customs of this hon. House. Allow me now to quickly make reference and draw hon. Members’ attention to an important part of ... view
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Concern has also been raised in respect of the former Ministry of Medical Services, the former Ministry of Roads and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) touching on expenditure amounting to Kshs758,946,416. Attention has also been drawn to the former Ministry of Immigration and Registration of Persons for expenditure running to over Kshs2 billion. In respect of financial year 2010/2011, attention has been drawn to the following big issues, growth of the public debt. This is particularly significant given that today we approved in this House Government’s request to raise the debt ceiling. The Committee is calling attention to ... view
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: The second issue relates to State House. It is in respect of a stalled construction project and what the Committee considers to have been irregular payments and conversion of use of that particular project. The third issue relates to the Judiciary. In respect of the Judiciary, the Committee notes that serious audit queries were raised regarding expenditure in the Judiciary amounting to over Kshs2 billion; but the Committee wishes to inform this House that this matter is a subject of a special audit. The Auditor-General has already done a forensic special audit for the Committee. The Committee has already interrogated ... view
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: I am aware of that, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am also intending to allow the seconding of this Motion before we rise, so that we can accelerate the debate and consideration. view
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: My eyes are on the clock constantly. So, I have timed myself accordingly to allow the Deputy Chair to second the Motion. Allow me to run the House through this matter of confidential expenditure, because it is a key matter. It is one that the Committee took a lot of time to consider, and one that the Committee wishes to draw the House’s attention to. I beg the House to pay very keen attention when considering this Report. view
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: In the Financial Year 2012/2013, the Committee’s attention was drawn to expenditure amounting to Kshs2.853 billion. The audit trail, in respect of the expenditure of this colossal sum, could not be logically conclusive because the key documents required to support the expenditure, including vouchers and receipts, were missing. The scanty documents availed such as the Ministerial certification of expenditure appeared to conceal more than they actually revealed, and were thus of nil audit value. 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
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: The audit, accordingly, raises three critical queries in respect of this expenditure. One, irregular cash transfers, two, undisclosed and unauthorised cash withdrawals and three, unaccounted for funds. The Committee classified this matter as grave. While the ends of national security are critical and must be jealously guarded by every Kenyan, the Committee, nonetheless, holds the view that confidentiality must not be used as a blanket to mask breaches of the Constitution, the law and the Government’s regulations, thereby occasioning loss and wastage of public funds. The Committee concluded that the existing and apparently long standing practice in this Ministry, namely ... view