Dalmas Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 131 to 140 of 321.

• 25 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Yes. This is the first time we are doing two Supplementary Estimates. We did a Supplementary Budget of Kshs50 billion which was reasonable. Normally, we check revenue collection before we allow Supplementary Budgets. This is a situation where revenue performance has not been doing well yet the Executive has secretly been spending huge sums of money knowing revenue collection was in shortfall. I am happy that I have heard something from the Mutava I knew. view
• 25 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Up to now, this Mutava that I did not know is being manipulated to do things he has never believed throughout his life. I appeal to him to appeal to the House to reject this approval except for the SGR which has already been funded for us by the Chinese. This is a precedent we must not allow to be established in this House; a 15 per cent additional expenditure over and above 10 per cent. All along they knew they are limited to 10 per cent. Either we have misled them due to the tyranny of numbers until they ... view
• 25 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: questionable. We should put our feet down. The money for the SGR is already given to us by the Chinese. It remains ours. It can be spent from Wednesday next week, after 30th June. Any other request for development here will be absorbed within what we have allocated for development form next Wednesday. This request is ridiculous and should be rejected roundly by everybody. view
• 25 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: The clause we put there says, “if a need arises.” Needs cannot be worth Kshs133 billion. What has happened is that the Government leaves what was budgeted for during the financial year, creates new expenditure avenues in the course of the financial year, comes here to claim those new needs arose and they want to circumvent parliamentary approval and hammer it in the last four days as an emergency by forcing loyal Members of the House to approve. I am cautioning that this is a bad precedent which if we let pass, even before the next financial year is halfway, ... view
• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support this amendment. I can give you several cases where I have been in conflict with auditors. At one time when I was privatising the Kenya Airways, they said that for a loan that was guaranteed by the Government to be written off and for the Government to pay it, I needed to go back to the House after the House approved the guarantees. I asked them where it was written and they told me it was a policy matter based on sound accounting principles. I said if it was not in the law, I ... view
• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support this amendment. I can give you several cases where I have been in conflict with auditors. At one time when I was privatising the Kenya Airways, they said that for a loan that was guaranteed by the Government to be written off and for the Government to pay it, I needed to go back to the House after the House approved the guarantees. I asked them where it was written and they told me it was a policy matter based on sound accounting principles. I said if it was not in the law, I ... view
• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: In my Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), auditors came and told me how I should distribute my bursary allocations between university, secondary and technical colleges. I said: “As a policy, we know where we have a serious gap in the constituency and where we should direct our support. The policy is that we go for university, select engineering, architecture and so 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
• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: In my Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), auditors came and told me how I should distribute my bursary allocations between university, secondary and technical colleges. I said: “As a policy, we know where we have a serious gap in the constituency and where we should direct our support. The policy is that we go for university, select engineering, architecture and so 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
• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: on, as a policy in this constituency approved by the entire leadership of this constituency.” They started saying that I should not do that. view
• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: on, as a policy in this constituency approved by the entire leadership of this constituency.” They started saying that I should not do that. view