Chrysanthus Barnabas Okemo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 541 to 550 of 559.

• 4 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the exercise that we are engaged in today is basically a logical consequence of what we did when we debated the Supplementary Estimates. Therefore, what the Minister ought to do is to take serious account of the comments raised by the hon. Members. This is in relation to future Supplementary Estimates and Budgets. This thing called "other expenses" should be more detailed, so that hon. Members will know what it is. I stand here to support this Supplementary Appropriation Bill. I wish to say that there are two main reasons why we have Supplementary ... view
• 4 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is as deep I will go. I do not think I will go any deeper than that. I will end by saying that when we re-allocate resources - because when you look at this Bill, it is nothing but re-allocation of resources - the extra money that the Minister has asked for is only Kshs12 billion. Otherwise, the original Budget has just been re-allocated; some money has been shifted from the Development Vote into the Recurrent Vote. The money that has been taken to the Recurrent Vote is for emergency famine relief. With those few ... view
• 4 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, do not sound so impatient! I think I have something useful to contribute. Alongside the Supplementary Estimates, there is a bridge between Approved Estimates and Supplementary Estimates. That bridge is called the Civil Contingency Fund (CCF). I would like to propose to this House that next time when we are dealing with Supplementary Estimates, it would be for the benefit of this House, to have a detailed account of how that account is operated. That is the fund from where all emergency drawings come from. Therefore, it would be useful for this House to know how ... view
• 3 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, arising out of the information given by the Vice- President and Minister for Home Affairs, I know that in Kenya every constituency consists of locations and divisions. If the names have been given by locations and divisions, it is not very difficult to identify the constituency. So, I do not think that, that is the correct information. I think it is a way of just trying to cheat because if we have divisions we should be able to know where they exist. view
• 3 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister is trying to mislead the House. view
• 3 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support this Motion with a number of provisos. If the intention of the Motion is to reduce the price of oil products, then I have a bit of misgivings because I do not think it will do so. History is full of examples. This House has had to reduce taxes on petroleum products without any impact whatsoever on the prices to the consumers coming down. Therefore, I support the spirit of the Motion, but we have to address ourselves to the mechanisms that we have to use to ensure that besides reducing taxes, how ... view
• 25 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I do not understand under what regulation the amendment can hold? If there was to be a proper transfer, it should be from the National Assembly to the respective Ministries. It cannot go to the Ministry of Finance and then from there go to other Ministries. There is no regulation under which you could do that. view
• 25 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if this amendment had come in the form that we transfer these various items from the National Assembly to the various Ministries where the basic salaries and allowances had originally been budgeted, then I would support it. April 25, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 651 view
• 25 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: But this is the wrong way to do it. I think we are trying to find a short-cut to solve an irregularity which had originally been committed by the Ministry of Finance. I know they are in a hurry to make a correction, but they are doing it the wrong way. These amounts of money represent persons who can be identified, namely, Ministers and Assistant Ministers. We know that these officers do not serve in the Ministry of Finance, but under various Ministries. So, those specific amounts must, therefore, go to the specific Ministries. In fact, under the approved estimates, ... view
• 25 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as much as I agree with the Chair, I think it is the responsibility of the Mover, who is the Minister for Finance, to come up with that amendment. But on my part, I am not even supporting the Motion, leave alone having to help them to correct the anomaly which they have created themselves. view