Hon Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2771 to 2780 of 3232.

• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Because of the problem of not having boards, you will find that when a Chief Executive Officer’s three-year contract has expired, a new CEO is appointed in an acting capacity. They cannot hire a substantive CEO because there is no Board of Directors. That is why we are recommending that nobody should act in such a position longer than the stipulated duration in the Public Service Code of Regulations. view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Secondly, all the boards of State corporations should develop and implement a human capital management and succession strategy to ensure continuity, enhance accountability, efficiency and effectiveness in the management of State affairs. view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thirdly, the relevant appointing authorities should ensure that all vacancies in the boards of various State corporations, for instance, Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) are filled in the shortest time possible. The tenure of board members should also be staggered to avoid a situation where the term of board members expires at the same time. That is why I was mentioning the board members for the respective parastatals. I am glad to note that for the CBK, there has been a move to appoint a board. We are also recommending that the appointing authorities, be ... view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: The eleventh general observation is on outstanding imprests. I am trying to be very quick and summarise. Members will note many issues to do with outstanding imprest from many State corporations. That is money given out not just to the CEOs, but also to staff members in the State corporations. That is money you are given to spend probably on a trip somewhere and account for it later on. Many never remit the receipts on how they have spent the money. Some of these things are synonymous with the same State corporations. The Horticultural Crops Development Authority (HCDA) is perfect ... view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have heard Hon. Wamunyinyi ask which year I was in Form Two. view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was a Form Two student in 1992 but I am now charged with the responsibility of overseeing that State corporation in the National Assembly. This is money that was given out as imprest. You can imagine what Hon. Wafula Wamunyinyi was doing when I was a Form Two student. He was probably a Member of Parliament or an Ambassador in Mogadishu. We recommend that this matter be taken more seriously than it has been in the past. We have made recommendations that CEOs or Accounting Officers should, within three months of The electronic version of ... view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: adoption of this Report, put in place measures to write off long outstanding imprests whose recoverability is doubtful. That will require board approval so that the provision is not abused. view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Secondly, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) investigates the then Accounting Officers for failure to recover imprests from staff within the timeframes stipulated in the financial regulations and the policy guiding imprest disbursement in any of these State corporations. view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thirdly, the CEOs must immediately take necessary steps to ensure that all the outstanding imprests within their jurisdictions are fully recovered. In cases where the CEO is not able to recover the imprests within six months from the due date, they be surcharged the full amount that is due. view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Fourthly, the CS for the National Treasury should undertake, within three months after adoption of this Report, a review of the imprest system in State corporations to determine its efficacy. The report should also determine the future applicability of the imprest system in State corporations and propose viable alternatives with value for money. view