Col (Rtd) Ali Rasso Dido

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for protecting me. I think hon. (Eng.) Gumbo should be candid that he was heard in silence. view
• 12 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Looking at this Bill, I think we need a paradigm shift in terms of addressing what the Auditor-General should do. I particularly have three areas; the periodic audit, the performance audit and the forensic audit. It is the sort of things this office can carry out to be efficient because when we say that we want to devolve this office so that it is at the counties, at the lowest level, at the grassroots, the danger is what we already have with the internal auditors who used to be in the districts and provinces who are no longer effective. I ... view
• 12 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: One other area that I think is important is that of code of ethics because under Chapter Six of our Constitution, it tells exactly what is expected of public officers; people held in trust to watch over public resources. In the earlier days, all public officers were supposed to declare their wealth but it appears this has waned and is no longer the case. When individual accounts are going to be checked, individuals can go to court and ring- fence that. Unless we go back in time to see where we went wrong, as public officers, as leaders, we must ... view
• 12 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: I want to talk about recruitment. One is the recruitment of the Auditor-General. I believe the office holder must be appointed with transparency and merit. It should be most qualified Kenyans, bereft of parochial political, organisational or professional interests. This is because unless this individual is sought, as a good Kenyan out there, then I think we will just be going back. The individual will be politically connected and he will be serving his master as opposed to serving public good. view
• 12 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: The other thing is on having an acting Auditor-General. That is a good safeguard in the Bill but in the Third Reading what this House must reinforce is to ensure that, that office does not have a gap of more than three months so that the incumbent is active, available and able to perform his duties effectively. view
• 12 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Finally, it is on the powers to obtain information, particularly in the audit of national security organs. Any individual holding public office and using public funds must be accountable. Any safeguard in this Bill to protect individuals means this Bill will not be for public good. view
• 12 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. 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
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I also rise to oppose that because if you are going to place the threshold very high, then it means it will affect those who qualify to be Judges of the High Court or the Court of Appeal. That will lock out many able men and women who are practising. Therefore, the Chair must explain further why they have placed the threshold that high. Thank you. view
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I also rise to oppose that because if you are going to place the threshold very high, then it means it will affect those who qualify to be Judges of the High Court or the Court of Appeal. That will lock out many able men and women who are practising. Therefore, the Chair must explain further why they have placed the threshold that high. Thank you. view
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I wish to oppose the amendment. This is the legal institution of this land. They have told us that they believe in an independent body and at the same time, they are coming to this House to tell us that they can choose who can conduct their elections. You cannot have your cake and eat it. They have said that they want transparent and fair elections in the previous section. It cannot be that now they want their elections to be conducted by a body the membership will choose; is not a fair law. view