Aden Bare Duale

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 4491 to 4500 of 17810.

• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: “If the holder of a public office, including a political office, directs or approves the use of public funds contrary to 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” view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Even those of us in political offices, the moment you violate Article 226(5) of the Constitution in so far as managing public resources is concerned, you must be indicted. Section 74(2) of the PFM Act states thus: “If a Cabinet Secretary reasonably believes that an accounting officer is engaging is engaging in or has engaged in improper conduct within the meaning of subsection (4), the Cabinet Secretary shall— view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: (a) take such measures as may be provided in regulations; or view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: (b) refer the matter to the relevant office or body in terms of the statutory and other view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: conditions of appointment or employment applicable to that accounting officer.” view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: So, even Cabinet Secretaries who oversee accounting officers have a responsibility in law to ensure that resources of the people of Kenya are not used for personal gain. The Public Accounts Report of 2014/2015, as I said, is important to county governments because the same audited accounts will be used when we deal with the Division of Revenue Bill next year. view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Page 18 of this Report concerns the principal accounting officer, Mr. Kamau Thugge. It has recommended that he should be reprimanded for accumulating pending bills. Pending bills is a cancer not only to the national Government but also to county governments. This House is under obligation to come up with relevant legislation and budgetary provisions to deal with pending bills. Who do we owe these bills? They are Kenyan businesspeople. If they have provided goods and services, they should not have any money pending with Government. If they have provided the required goods and services, the Government either at the ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I want to thank the Office of the Auditor-General. Every time the House asks him to prepare either forensic audit or provide the necessary audited Reports, the Auditor-General, Mr. Ouko, has risen to the occasion and provided either forensic or normal audit. There are various parastatals indicted in this Report. I will look at the failure by Government to repay its loans. The total outstanding loans balance is Kshs196 billion reflected in the consolidated statement of outstanding loans as of 30th June 2015. view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: These loans include amount of Kshs21 billion issued to 31 institutions. However, these institutions have not made any effort to repay their respective loans upon maturity as shown. The Agricultural Finance Corporation has a loan of Kshs5.5 million, there is also Co-operative Bank of Kenya, Coffee Board of Kenya (CBK), Cotton Lint, Eldoret Municipal Council, Halal Meat Products, Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation (ICDC), Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) has Kshs312 million, Kenya Urban Transport, Local Government Loans Authority, Miwani Sugar Factory, Mumias Outgrowers Company has Kshs.3 billion, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: National Water Conservation and Pipeline (NWCPC) and so on. There are over 35 Government institutions owing accumulative loan of Kshs.196billion. view