Chrysanthus Barnabas Okemo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for that guidance. I beg to move the following Motion:- view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Joint Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade and the Budget Committee on the discrepancies contained in the Supplementary Estimates of Financial year 2008/2009 laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday 13th May, 2009 (Morning Sitting). view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I was explaining earlier, after the laying of the Supplementary Estimates on the Table on 22nd April, 2009 by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, they were debated and approved by this Parliament on 29th April, 2009. However, on 6th May, 2009, hon. Imanyara sought a Ministerial Statement from the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance concerning a figure of Kshs9.2 billion, which was shown as having been falsified in the documents. Hon. Members sought the Speaker’s guidance on what should be done with the documents which, when they were laid on ... view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am tempted to say, "move" but I think there are issues that were raised and I was asked to respond to. Because of lack of time and people look tired, I will invite those Members who do not understand--- view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, since Members of Parliament do not get tired and they also do not get exhausted, but they still want the mover to hasten the reply, I beg to move. view
• 12 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed, the task that you assigned the two Committees was heavy. The implications were far reaching. They were of national importance and unprecedented because it had never happened before. So, the Committee has had several meetings. We have also heard the Minister, the Permanent Secretary and the Budgetary staff who have appeared before us. We have also heard testimonies from a number of outsiders like the MARS Group – I think they have a different name – but they have all appeared before us and we have taken evidence. We sat long hours everyday since that time ... view
• 29 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. While I support the Motion, I would like to make a couple of comments. One is that we should not be congratulating the Minister for varying the figures that are contained in the Printed Estimates. This is because Supplementary Estimates are meant to deal with unforeseen items. However, there is nothing unforeseen when I look at the list of the reductions and additions. Either they should have been captured in the Budget originally or they should await the next Budget and be passed alongside other ordinary expenditures. The Supplementary Estimates only exist to ... view
• 29 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: I have a number of questions to ask when I see figures in the Supplementary Estimates showing an increase in Government investments. What are these investments? What do they relate to? What role should Parliament play before the Government actually commits that money to those investments even if they are contained in the Printed Estimates? There must be a procedure to be followed. When you want to dispose of your assets, there is a law that governs that. There are two laws; either you will be dealing with the Procurement and Disposal Act or the Privatization Act. When the Government ... view
• 23 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I believe what we are dealing with today is a much bigger problem--- view
• 23 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, what I said was that the problem that is confronting Parliament today is much bigger than we are looking at. I think the problem goes way beyond just the leadership or chairmanship of the HBC. What we see here is the virus that exists in the Government that has made it dysfunctional and unable to work as one unit. Now the virus is beginning to come to Parliament to infect its functioning. view