Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

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• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I had spoken on this Bill but I had some few minutes remaining. As I had said earlier, I support the Bill. I bring to the attention of the House Article 226(4) of the Constitution. This is about who audits the Auditor-General. He is such a powerful person but we have not heard who is going to audit him. When you read Article 226(4) of the Constitution, it says:- “The accounts of the office of the Auditor-General shall be audited and reported on by a professionally qualified accountant appointed by the National Assembly.” When you go ... view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: years. For example, when you read the State Corporations Act, for most of their CEOs, the terms are three years. Two terms add up to six years. When it goes beyond eight years, it will be on the higher side especially bearing in mind the fact that this person enjoys tenure of office. From research we have seen that 30 per cent of the GDP goes to waste--- view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the jurisdiction--- view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Speaker. view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: But just to mention so that hon. Members can also take note of that. Hon. Speaker, as I was saying, in terms of the 30 per cent that goes into wastages of corruption, the only good way of prevention of corruption is through the Auditor- General who should produce timely reports. Many a times the Auditor-General has said that he has a shortage of manpower. This is to request this honourable House that in terms of allocation to the Auditor- General, we should be able to allocate enough funds so that the Auditor-General has enough staff. We have cases of ... view
• 12 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you. I rise to support this Bill and because many hon. Members have talked about it, I do not want to repeat. We indeed know very well that this is a Bill that has a constitutional timeframe. From the records and Schedule Five of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 12 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: the Constitution, it shows that we are supposed to have done this in 2014. Unfortunately, it has delayed. We are now doing it in 2015and I think it is a wakeup call to the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC). This is because if we continue delaying like this I do not think we are going to achieve much and yet we know very well that the CIC has only one year to go. The Office of Auditor-General is very important. view
• 12 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Four minutes? Okay, I will move very fast. The Office of the Auditor-General is very critical. It has so many powers but who oversees its functions? When you look at the Constitution, it talks of the Parliament. However, I have gone through the Act and I have not seen the answer. The Auditor-General is very powerful. It is important that we put some framework to check his powers to avoid abuse of power. I serve in the Public Investments Committee (PIC) where the Auditor-General brings reports to us which form the basis of our work. I want to say that ... view
• 12 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: “The budget estimates of revenue and expenditure referred to under sub-section (1) shall be submitted to the Cabinet Secretary responsible for finance not later than 30th March each year for review and submission to the National Assembly in accordance with Article 221 of the Constitution, and National Assembly shall, pursuant to Article 249 (3) of the Constitution, allocate adequate funds to the office of the Auditor-General.” With the recent Executive Order, I do not think we have any Cabinet Secretary for Finance. This is Cabinet Secretary in charge of Treasury. So we need to do some amendments. When you look ... view
• 12 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to support this and I do not want to repeat myself. First, I have confidence in the current Cabinet Secretary (CS) because of his experience and having vetted him I have no doubt that he can perform. The question is: Why is he not performing? Is there a problem or a hindrance? The issue is this: The Ministry of Education bursaries, which the Ministry has been giving are no longer there. What is the reason? This is because this is the money that was meant for bright but poor children. I have ... view