17 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I want to support the adoption of the Report of the Mediation Committee.
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17 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Chachu had not asked me to do it, but I can still do it.
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17 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to second the Mover of the Motion and support the adoption of the Mediation Committee Report as presented to the House. When we discussed the earlier version of the Bill, the House had agreed that there was no need to have these offices in all the counties because while drought is a problem in this country, it is not a problem to all the counties. The thinking of the Senate was that since they take care of the counties, it is important that these offices are in all the counties, but they have ...
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11 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, this public Petition relates to challenges faced by braille technicians and transcribers. This is now technical. I, the undersigned, on behalf of the citizens of Kenya and in particular the braille technicians and transcribers draw the attention of the House to the following:- THAT, braille technicians and transcribers play a critical role in the education sector, in particular the educational materials, in order to facilitate pupils and students living with visual disability; THAT, the Government, through the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, has continuously disregarded their plight; THAT, although the braille technicians are professionally trained, the Ministry ...
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11 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, do I second the entire amendment?
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11 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, with all due respect to Hon. Chepkong’a, we are all aware of what capital finance management in this country demands.
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11 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, the recommendations are clear that the CJ takes responsibility for financial payments. The person who appoints sccounting officers is the---
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11 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
This is an area I have authority. Just like Hon. Chepkong’a is a lawyer, this is an area I have authority. The Principal Secretary, National Treasury appoints accounting officers. After the Chief Registrar has been appointed by the Principal Secretary, National Treasury, he or she will go ahead to appoint Authority to Incur Expenditure (AIE) holders. Demanding that the CJ takes responsibility for financial matters is being unfair to him.
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11 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, that is why I am saying that this is an area I have a bit of authority. I do not know why people are not reading. We have the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) which is very clear.
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11 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
Recommendation No.5 says that for disregarding the Treasury written advisory on the management of public funds, the Chief Justice must take personal responsibility for all payments irregularly. If you have been appointed as an accounting authority normally what would happen is that you have the mandate to pay or not to pay. For me, this recommendation does not make sense from a public financial management perspective.
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