Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Equally, I thank Hon. Gideon Mulyungi who was also a Member of this Committee prior to the Committee doing its report. view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: As I had said earlier, we have been able to query 21 State corporations. They range from the Geothermal Development Company (GDC), National Social Security Fund (NSSF), National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF), Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA), Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC), National Council for Population and Development (NCPD), Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute (KIRDI), Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO), Kenya Railways (KR) which has the Standard Gauge Railway, Kenya School of Law (KSL), the Competition Authority, National AIDS Control Council (NACC), Nairobi Centre for International Arbitration, Privatisation Commission, National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB), Centre for Mathematics ... view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Before I go into some issues, I would like to point out a number of things we have seen in a majority of the State corporations. One of them is delay in appointment of members of the boards. Majority of the State corporations do not have active boards. As a result, decisions are made without the board giving proper assessment of value for money. Some of them do not have active CEOs. They only have CEOs on acting capacity. As a matter of fact, some of the State corporations to date have acting CEOs. This is because the board compositions ... view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: We recommend that the relevant appointing authority for the respective board members should ensure that all vacancies in all boards of various state corporations are filled within 90 days and the tenure of board members is staggered to avoid where their term expires at the same time. We recommend that this House amends the State Corporations Act to make it clear that no entity should be allowed any financial commitment without having a fully active and constituted board of directors. The Inspectorate of State Corporations should generate and share her status with the presidency and Parliament indicating the state of ... view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: At this juncture, I would like to remind this House that it is this very Committee that censured the Inspector of State Corporations to give a breakdown of State corporations that do not have a board. It is upon giving this information to the rest of Kenya, through this very House, when it was realised that close to one-third of State corporations were not properly constituted. The Executive filled those positions. With regard to the position of CEOs and managers of State corporations, they should not be left vacant for more than a period of 12 months. We can understand ... view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Another issue we have noticed is lack of ownership documents for land and buildings. This spreads across a majority of State corporations. One of them is the NSSF that has lands in Mavoko and Upper Hill. The National Land Commission (NLC) and the Ministry are yet to resolve issues. The Kenya School of Law owns property in Upper Hill and the National Council for Population and Development owns land in Murang'a, Kisii and Nairobi and several parcels of land belonging to Kenya Railways. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this ... view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: The Committee has observed painful, long-time audit queries. They have been going back and forth, some for decades now and are yet to be resolved. We recommend that accounting officers whose corporations have issues with land should liaise with relevant Government agencies such as the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning and the NLC among others to ensure they secure ownership documents for all corporations’ land. view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: The difference in our Report and the previous ones is that we have indicated timelines and timeframes that we feel are enough for the NLC. It is not sufficient to recommend that the NLC should resolve these matters. We have gone further and if the NLC feel they need more time than that, they should start reverting to the Committee on Implementation as to why they need a longer time. In many cases, we have given a variance between 90 to 120 or 180 days when issues of land should be cleared. The Cabinet Secretary for Ministry of Lands and ... view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: The Judiciary should consider prioritising and expediting conclusion of cases involving illegal acquisition of public land with a view of restoring it to the public. Any officer who causes delays in processing of title deeds should be personally and severally held responsible going forward unless the delay is caused by judicial action. The other thing that we have noticed that runs across is poor implementation of projects and concept of the same. Our intent as a Committee is that we will, in every quarter of the year, present a report. In the next report, you will be seeing issues like ... view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: monitor and implement projects to avoid unnecessary termination in variation. The Treasury should endeavour to allocate adequate budgetary provision to State corporations that are undertaking mega projects that are solely funded by the Government so that they are able to complete their projects within their scheduled time and thus minimise loss of public funds through payment of avoidable interests. With regard to State corporations NSSF should only pay the amount that was recommend by the state Department of Public Works when it comes to the issue of Hazina Trade Centre. One other thing that we have noted is the quality ... view