Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 681 to 690 of 1948.

• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: the audited accounts that this House shall approve and the more recent we are, the more justice we shall do especially to county governments. In view of this, I want to assure this House that the PAC already has been working under me on a kind of marathon. We are holding extra sittings. We do not go on recess. The House may want to know that this is one Committee that never goes on recess. We work during recess. Sometimes we work during sitting hours when the House is in session and I really want to appreciate hon. Speaker because ... view
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Let me also inform the House that we are pushing the Office of the Auditor- General very hard to make sure that even as we work overtime, I just want to assure the House that our Report on accounts for the year 2010/2011 will be ready in about three weeks. We are just about to conclude our discussions on that and so in a month’s time we will be tabling here the next report on accounts for 2010/2011. Immediately we conclude that in a month’s time, we will start discussions on the accounts for 2011/2012 and we are pushing the ... view
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, in that respect, we made a resolution today during the sitting of the PAC that we shall not excuse any laziness on the side of accounting officers. We have had difficulty occasionally with accounting officers seeking to be excused from sittings with the PAC. Today we passed a resolution in Committee that there will be absolutely no excuse and let all accounting officers know that the day you are summoned to appear before the PAC, you must so appear or otherwise the Committee will submit the accounts touching on your Ministry or your department as presented to us ... view
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: The second issue that again the House has expressed considerable concern over is breach of Article 229(4) of the Constitution which provides that within six months after the end of each financial year, the Auditor-General shall audit and report in respect of that financial year. Together with that is Article 229(8) which provides that within three months after receiving an audit report, Parliament or the county assembly shall debate and consider the report and take appropriate action. The Committee is aware that we are already in breach of these constitutional provisions. The accounting officers, the Office of the Auditor-General and, ... view
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: (i) We are aware that the Office of the Auditor-General is considerably constrained in terms of personnel and capacity to undertake their responsibilities. Remember, the Office of the Auditor-General now has a responsibility over 48 governments - the national Government and 47 county governments. The Auditor- General has to release audited accounts such as this for the national Government and 47 separate reports for each of the 47 county governments. We are therefore, requesting the 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
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Treasury to consider very seriously, providing extra budgetary support to the Office of the Auditor-General so that they can hire more staff and expand their capacity to be able to work more effectively and fulfill this mandate. (ii) We are also reiterating the commitment of the Public Accounts Committee to work extra time, including during recess and even during weekends, to be able to be up to date as soon as reports reach us from the Office of the Auditor-General. We have scheduled an extra-ordinary tripartite forum between PAC, Office of the Auditor-General and ... view
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Have I exhausted my time? view
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we have also made it clear to the Auditor-General that the accounts for the year 2013/2014 must be on time. We have set the target of accounts for this financial year to be the year when we must come within the requirement of Article 229(4) of the Constitution. The Auditor-General should also take this as a notice. PAC will expect the report for the Financial Year 2013/2014 to be submitted strictly on time. Again, because of your kindness and generosity, we will be expecting the Auditor-General to submit those accounts on the Floor of this House. view
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: We have also recommended and we will be making a specific recommendation to the Budget and Appropriations Committee to link accountability to budgeting so that departments and Ministries that have not fulfilled the accountability obligation should have no business appearing before the Budget and Appropriations Committee to request for more funds. The same enthusiasm that Ministries have when they are defending their budgets and when they are spending public resources must be demonstrated when they are accounting for those resources. Finally, on the question of personal responsibility for financial and procurements impropriety, the Committee again wishes to re-state our commitment ... view
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: office, including a political office directs or approves the use of public funds contrary to the law or instructions, the person is liable for any loss arising from that use and shall make good the loss whether the person remains the holder of the office or not. Again, let everybody be warned that you shall be held personally liable for any action or inaction you take that leads to loss or wastage of public resources. That will happen whether you are still in office or you have vacated the office. Among the areas that have remained notorious include:- Misappropriation of ... view