Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 671 to 680 of 1948.

• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: What I am saying is that, rather than chasing the wind and red herrings like the public wage bill as an excuse to dismantle constitutional institutions, let us confront the real challenge. The real challenge is corruption and wastage within the Government. 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
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: I beg to support. view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Budget Policy Statement has provided a very comprehensive road map. It is rightly titled as “providing economic transformation for shared prosperity in Kenya”, but in order for “shared prosperity” to happen, the Government needs to be very clear in terms of what it is prioritising, how it is prioritising it and how that relates with the best interest of the public. I want to agree with the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee in terms of the projected emphasis placed on infrastructure spending and the attention paid to the extractive industry. I ... view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, first of all, if anybody was to come into this country in the last months, he would have imagined that the greatest tragedy which has happened in the country today is the burden of the public wage bill. It was so much that it took the unprecedented action from His Excellency the President and his Deputy to do 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
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: the symbolic gesture of promising – and I do not know whether they have already done it - to take a pay cut. Therefore, I would have expected a lot of emphasis placed on this whole issue of public wage bill in the Budget Policy Statement. But going through the Budget Policy Statement, you get a feeling that this whole issue of public wage Bill has only been given a casual attention. But what bothers me is the consistency of figures in terms of this whole matter. The figures we have on the table right now seems to be talking ... view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I hope that when the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee replies to the Motion, he will clarify what figure the Government is using in terms of public wage bill. Is it Kshs285 billion, Kshs324 billion or Kshs500 billion? What exactly is the figure of the public wage bill? Even as we talk about the public wage Bill, we really need to focus on areas of public expenditure and the fiscal conduct of the Government where we can save money. I have a feeling that this whole debate about the public wage bill is more ... view
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: What I am saying is that, rather than chasing the wind and red herrings like the public wage bill as an excuse to dismantle constitutional institutions, let us confront the real challenge. The real challenge is corruption and wastage within the Government. I beg to support. view
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, let me first of all, take this opportunity to really thank hon. Members for the enthusiasm they have shown in the two Reports, and as I said while moving the Motion, that this, indeed, was historic. This is the first time ever in the history of our Parliament that the House has had the opportunity to consider reports of two consecutive financial years at the same time. Let me also reiterate again what I said at the beginning that these Reports were, indeed, prepared by the preceding Committee, the predecessor to the current PAC in the last Parliament. ... view
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: But let me just remind this House that responsibility for accountability over public funds never expires and that is why responsibility for matters such as Ken Ren which is a financial impropriety dating all the way back to the 1970s, the Goldenberg dating back to the 1990s and Anglo Leasing dating all the way back to the NARC Government around 2000-2004; all those are responsibilities that cannot expire such that even the passage of time does not really take away responsibility for all those actions. view
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: I have listened very keenly and the PAC is very much alive to a number of key issues that have emerged out of this debate. Allow me to reiterate a few of them. First, is the need to be up to date; to make sure that this House discusses accounts that are as recent as possible and especially we have taken cognizance of the importance of this in view of Article 203(3) of the Constitution which makes it clear that division of revenue between the national and county governments is calculated on the basis of the most recent audited accounts ... view