Hon Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1711 to 1720 of 3232.

• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move: THAT, the Motion be amended by inserting the following immediately after the words “November 14, 2018”– “subject to: (i) deletion of Recommendation No. (ii) appearing on page 18 under Paragraph 4 (Pending Bills) and substituting therefor the following: “(ii). The Accounting Officer, Dr. Kamau Thugge, puts in place measures to forestall the accumulation of pending bills at the National Treasury contrary to the provisions of Section 12(2) (b) of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012 which mandates the National Treasury to ensure proper management and control of, and accounting for the finances ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I think it is important to simply expound on what the amendment intends to achieve. If you read the Report on Page 18, it points out to… view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: The Leader of the Majority Party is asking why I am taking his Report. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am on borrowed copies of House records. Page 18 has the recommendation that I seek to amend. This recommendation states that the Accounting Officer, Dr. Kamau Thugge, should be reprimanded for accumulating pending bills amounting to Kshs632 billion at the National Treasury for the 2014/2015 Financial Year. The issue of pending bills is anticipated by our own laws under the Public Finance Management Act. There is no time that the Government will operate and pay all its bills. view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Hon. Limo, as he says, is a serious legislator and his point of order was quite in order. I was just explaining the basis of that amendment. The PFM Act envisages that there will be pending bills at the end of every financial year. As you are aware, pending bills form the first charge in succeeding financial years. This is provided for specifically under various National Treasury circulars that guide accounting officers given that Government is an ongoing concern The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: and, therefore, cannot keep transactions for long. It would be wrong for us to be seen to be indicting an accounting officer on the basis of something that is already provided for in law in terms of pending bills. Therefore, I propose that we delete that particular recommendation and replace it with the text as it is on the Order Paper to state that the accounting officer, Dr. Kamau Thugge, should put in place measures to forestall the accumulation of pending bills at the National Treasury. That would be the fair recommendation and I beg for support on that recommendation. ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for your guidance. The second amendment is in relation to the recommendation on page 19. Looking at the Committee’s observations and findings first is that the accounting officer failed to ensure that imprest amounting to Kshs3.2507 billion that was due was recovered within the stipulated time as per the provisions of the PFM Act, 2012 and Regulation No.93 of the PFM Act Regulations. Instructively, you will note that the second observation under that says that the Committee marked the matter as resolved. In a very contradictory manner, the Committee proceeds to recommend that the ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Maybe Hon. Chris Wamalwa has left his specs at home. Maybe, it is the English in the text but it is very simple and he is a seasoned teacher. He should be able to read this very simple English. In the ordinary course of business, even for us as MPs, by 30th June when any financial year closes, it is normal that somebody could be out of the country and he or she is holding imprest. A matter to do with imprest as at the close of the financial year is not something so ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: When I engaged with the Chairman of the Committee, he largely agreed with me. If you look at Observation No.2, the Committee has marked that matter as resolved. It is already settled. Again, it would not be fair to indict an accounting officer on the basis of something that will always happen at the end of every financial year. It happens to us as well. For instance, at the end of this financial year, I was out of the country. It so happens at times that officers in Government could be out of the country for inordinately longer periods of ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to second that amendment by Hon. Maanzo. This is a similar amendment to that of Hon. Junet. We are just not exonerating anybody. We are only saying that even in normal corporate audit process, leave alone this one that has been reviewed by the Public Accounts Committee, once a question has been raised by an auditor, in the subsequent financial year, the auditor goes back to check. Since this Report is for a particular financial year, it is only right that we send it back to the Auditor General so that within ... view