Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

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• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: it clearly, it is actually a draft. A draft report is not authentic and it cannot see the light of the day. Currently, I have a report which was approved for tabling by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Justin Muturi. I showed my friend and he doubted it. You need to tell us whether this is the proper signature. We want to know which is the right report because the report I have… view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you very much for the guidance, Hon. Deputy Speaker. As we move on, the Attorney-General is the chief legal advisor of the Government. I can see the circular which was given by the Attorney-General, which recognises LAPTRUST as an umbrella body. Unless the advice was wrong, I am ready to table this to show that LAPTRUST is recognised as an umbrella pension body for county governments. What we need to take into consideration are the transition clauses so that people at the county government level can have a pension scheme that is going to take care of their interests, ... view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support. view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: You have done it very well, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. 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
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. I would like to take this opportunity to support the PIC Report. First, I thank the Chairman, his Vice Chairman and the entire Committee because coming up with such a Report is not easy. I also thank the clerks who have been very committed and who have worked round the table to bring this Report. We do know very well that committees are the ones that generate business for the plenary and the PIC is one of the oversight committees. We have PAC and PIC. The Public Accounts Committee heavily focuses ... view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the role of the board when it comes to State corporations is to provide oversight in their management. It is supposed to approve some of the strategic decisions for investment. They are also supposed to fire and hire the management. However, when you go to some State corporations, His Excellency the President… We should develop a framework whereby you can have some minimum academic qualifications and minimum experience for people to be qualified to be appointed to the boards of those State corporations. I know very well the Executive has been using this to reward some ... view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: general elections. Sycophants were also appointed to those boards. Unfortunately, those people do not have the minimum threshold in as far as academics is concerned. So, it becomes very difficult to have a board of people who have not even gone beyond Form Four to go and oversee a CEO who has a master’s degree, PhD and experience, particularly when it comes to financial matters. So, the issue of oversight becomes a problem. We are requesting the Executive, when it comes to appointment of the members of the boards of State corporations, they should appoint people who have the expertise. ... view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Having said that, I want to come to the auditors. It is a requirement that where the Government has put investments, they must be audited by the Auditor-General. My colleagues have clearly put it. In some of the State corporations, as much as the Auditor-General is allowed to outsource, we have some strategic parastatals, particularly in the energy sector whereby, in the 19th Report of PIC that was passed on the Floor of this House, it was recommended that for issues of auditing, the Auditor-General should not outsource. Unfortunately, the Auditor-General has been outsourcing all through by using auditors from ... view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: senior Government officials. It is critical that State corporations hasten to acquire documents showing that they own the land. Looking at the public procurement law, there is the issue of variation of tenders. Some small percentage is allowed. As my Chair and Vice-Chair clearly put it, you find the variation going to 400 per cent. There is collusion with those contractors. It is high time those contractors who collude with the managers are blacklisted so that they are not given any business. I humbly request Hon. Members to support this Report so that it can be implemented and the Committee ... view
• 20 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to second. Indeed, this was a very long Bill. In future, for the sake of Members, please bring a shorter one. I second. view