Charles Onyancha

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 201 to 210 of 305.

• 14 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have a little concern on the issue about decision making in Government. As we have heard from our able Chairman, this matter commenced in 2006 and up to date has not come to conclusion for several reasons. The first one is the Ministry itself in failing to actually make proper procurement procedures. They exposed themselves to questions by the KACC. That made the delay go even further. view
• 14 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Secondly, the KACC itself took up the matter and did nothing for three years. It took them three years to investigate before filing the case. The court took a whole year to make a decision. In total, there is five years gone since this tender was given out and the items in question are about to expire at the end of this year. view
• 14 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the public stands to lose Kshs40 million as a result of these delays. These delays are arising from lack of decision making capacity in Government. It is of concern, therefore, that such matters involving people’s health and lives should take so long. There is also the issue about the irrevocable letter of credit. My understanding of an irrevocable letter of credit which was issued to Dol International by the Ministry of Medical Services is that it is not revocable. We were unable to understand how, therefore, it was subsequently revoked after the items arrived in the ... view
• 14 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I wish to support. view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. I also rise to support this very important Motion. I also congratulate the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance for the Budget that is quite new in terms of value and vision. However, I have a few worries that I have to bring to the attention of the House and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance. The first one is lack of marriage between the current Budget, the MDGs and the Vision 2030. I would have thought that we would be building towards meeting the MDGs in 2015 as much ... view
• 25 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for noticing me at last. view
• 25 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: My apologies, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Could the Assistant Minister tell us what happened to the investigations that he was carrying out in respect to the results for 2008 and the previous years? Year in, year out, we hear the same story that investigations will be carried out. Secondly, who takes responsibility? Is it the student who do the examination or the KNEC, which is unable to supervise the sitting of examinations? view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Presidential Address. I want to support my colleagues in what they have said with regard to various issues. On the new Constitution, I would like to commend the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on Constitutional Review and the Committee of Experts (CoE) for a job well done. I hope that when this document comes to the Floor of the House, now that it has been tabled, we shall dispose it off with speed in order to give new hope to our people. view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Having said that, I do not think the Constitution is the panacea for all our ills. Most of the problems we have are not because we have a bad Constitution. It is because it is badly executed. Laws are selectively applied and, indeed, people feel that equity has not been applied across the country. That is why they are yearning for a new Constitution, which will not solve those problems. I agree with my colleague, Mr. Nyamweya, about change of heart. We must start afresh with reconciliation and kill impunity at all levels. When I see a matatu passing on ... view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, impunity is what is punishing this country and increasing poverty amongst our people. When somebody in the Executive is accused or requested to be investigated, he falls back on his community. He or she says: “My community is being finished”, and yet that community has nothing to do with his own cross which he should carry himself. I would like Members of Parliament to get out of view