Chrysanthus Barnabas Okemo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: We thought that it is important to be explicit about the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF); that the CDF is explicitly taken into account. That is the import of this amendment. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, if I heard what the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance said, there is no difference only that my amendment was a bit specific, but it includes all the other funds. I have already achieved what he is trying to achieve by saying “among others”. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 16 be deleted and replaced with the following new clause- view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are just avoiding the possibility of the Treasury finding its way to the Commission in order to influence the decisions of the Commission on Revenue Allocation. That is why we want to be explicit in saying that the Commission should be free to hire its own staff. If it wants secondments, that can be arranged administratively. Why should we put it in the law? view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I do not see where the conflict is. This amendment does not close the door. There is nowhere where it says that the Commission may not get staff from the public service. What we are saying here is that, that should be the decision of the Commission. But here, we are forcing them to get--- Let the Commission be an independent Commission. Let it have independent staff and let it decide whether they require officers from the public service or not. I think that is what an independent commission is supposed to be. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: THAT, Clause 25 be amended by inserting the words “with the approval of the National Assembly” immediately after the word “may”. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade on the approval for appointment of Mr. Edward R. Ouko as the Auditor General, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 25th August, 2011. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on 23rd August, 2011, in a Communication from the Chair, the Speaker informed the House that he had received communication from His Excellency the President that, after consultation with the Right hon. Prime Minister, he had given the nomination of Mr. Edward R. Ouko to be considered for appointment as the Auditor-General. On the ... view