Ababu Namwamba

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Entries 701 to 710 of 1948.

• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I just switched microphones. I do not know whether that is better. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: I could speak into both microphones! I am told that is better. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I was joining and thanking you for emphasizing the importance of these Reports and also urging this House that it is critical to consider the importance of Article 203 of the Constitution in so far as the sharing of revenue between the national Government and the county governments is concerned. For the record, let me read to this House the words of Article 203(2) and (3) of the Constitution. “(2) For every financial year, the equitable share of the revenue raised nationally that is allocated to county governments shall be not less than fifteen (15) per cent of ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: (3) The amount referred to in Clause (2) shall be calculated on the basis of the most recent audited accounts of revenue received and as approved by the National Assembly.” It is, therefore, important for the House to note that, ultimately, the formula to be used to calculate how much revenue is shared and the exact factor of calculating how much goes to the counties is based on the audited accounts considered and approved by this House. So, the more recent we are in terms of audited accounts, the better it is for our counties in terms of the share ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: and the efforts they are making to make sure that we live up to the spirit of Article 203 of the Constitution. They are:- Hon. Cecily Mbarire, hon. Joseph Manje, hon. Jude Njomo, hon. Joel Onyancha, hon. Kareke Mbiuki, hon. Gonzi Rai, hon. Julius Melly, hon. Jackson K. Rop, hon. James Bett, hon. Fathia Mahbub, hon. Mathias Robi, hon. Stephen Manoti, hon. John Sakwa Bunyasi, hon. Arthur Odera, hon. Edick Omondi Anyanga, hon. Samuel Arama, hon. Junet Sheikh Nuh, hon. John Mbadi, hon. Kyengo Katatha Maweu, hon. Silvance Onyango Osele, hon. Manson Nyamweya, hon. Alice Nyanchoka Chae, hon. Andrew Mwadime, ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: contains specific recommendations including names and public institutions that are liable to be charged for misuse of public funds. As general observations, the Committee notes the following:- (i) The Committee has noted failure by accounting officers to act in time when dealing with the Auditor-General. In the course of the audit, the Auditor-General issues management letters to accounting officers to take positive action on audit queries before the final audit report is produced. However, there were several cases where accounting officers failed to act on the management letters or acted late thus leading to audit queries that would have, otherwise, ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: reported in many Ministries and departments as at 30th June, 2010. The total outstanding imprests amounted to Kshs792,557,902.65. The Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation topped the list with an outstanding imprest of Kshs.408,364,263.05, followed by the Ministry of Education at Kshs76,708,420.45. This is a worrying trend considering that the Government has lost huge sums of money on account of imprests defaulting. The Committee observed that Government financial regulations and procedures on imprests are supplemented by various circulars issued by the Treasury from time to time. They clearly spell out guidelines for management of imprests and faulted accounting officers for ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: of the current financial year. I want, on behalf of the Committee, to send a very clear message to Treasury that the Committee will not expect any other excuse or any other extension of time with regard to the conclusion of the policy. That is because the policy has a direct and immediate implication for the under-collection and under-expenditure of A-in-A. (v) On the question of winding-up of funds that are dormant or have outlived their usefulness, the Committee noted that there are several funds in Ministries that are dormant or had outlived their usefulness and were supposed to have ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Defence, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security and Ministry of Medical Services. The Committee, however, observed that a new Attorney- General had been appointed and recommends that he must carry out the necessary reforms aimed at ensuring satisfactory performance of his office and to address this long persistent complaint. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: (viii) Unsatisfactory performance by contractors: The Committee noted several cases where the performance of contractors was wanting. Unsatisfactory performance related to poor workmanship and slow progress of work on account of inefficiency, inadequate equipment, breakdown of equipment and poor planning. The unsatisfactory performance by contractors had also been reported severally in the previous reports by the Auditor-General and no marked improvement had been registered. In this regard, the Committee recommends that:- (i) The Ministries of Roads and Public Works must identify all contractors with a poor track record in execution of Government contracts and blacklist them from being awarded Government ... view