Dalmas Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we have heard that the party approves Hon. Omulele. We have also heard that the issue is consultation, but we also know that adequacy of consultation has not been defined anywhere in our laws. So, as far as this House is concerned, it would be for the Speaker to determine the adequacy of consultations. I support. You can put the Question. view
• 26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, Hon. Members may be taking this matter lightly. It is important to clarify that there are two levels of information. Information that is able to sustain a conviction in court and one that is adequate for Government action. In the absence of a clause like (h), we cannot be safe. The best examples have been the Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) and some Al- Shabaab members who have been released by the courts. That is because there are no clauses through which the prosecution can articulate the dangers posed by an individual. If we delete this second ... view
• 21 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am seeing writings on the walls. Whether it is the one behind the Leader of the Majority Party, riots at the universities or failing to honour speed limits on our roads, the issue is the same. The issue is impunity and corruption. When it comes to universities, an element of ethnicity is added. We have taught these things to all our youths. I had wanted to comment on the rioting by universities. I would have said that if we teach our youth that leadership by handouts is sustainable, they will do so. If we teach our drivers ... view
• 21 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Both this Committee and the one on universities should address the total problem in the population. The symptoms are already showing amongst our youth. As Parliament, if we continue to demonstrate that leadership by handouts is the way and that power can be bought, we cannot blame Babu Owino for dishing out notes in the open. The solution will not be the “boom” as it was. If you look at the Income Tax or the Pay as You Earn (PAYE) collection, it is not growing fast enough to continue the “booms”. Who is going to pay when only a small ... view
• 13 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am sure you have noticed that, since the introduction of the status of business before committees, it is clear that the performance at the committee levels is lacking. The Committee work is so critical to the oversight and legislative roles of the House, but it seems we have accumulated so much work in our Committees. Even when a Committee has completed something, it takes the House so long before approval is granted so that implementation can be followed. This is an area of performance and productivity of the House that needs to be re- examined. In fact, ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First, this is what you call lying with statistics. The Leader of the Majority Party was emphasising that the national Government is allocating 30 per cent of the national revenue to county governments. It is not true. How can it be true when you are talking of 2014 Financial Year and we are in 2016? The Constitution talked of audited revenue accounts. With modern computers, revenue accounts can be updated to the last 90 days. Therefore, there is no reason why actual allocation should be based on estimates. We should have the actual audited ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: approved by Parliament. It does not take longer than 90 days to audit revenue accounts. We wait for the Exchequer expenditures. view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The Constitution talks of audited revenue accounts. The Auditor-General is capable of splitting the audit of revenue accounts from the audit of the Exchequer accounts of the Government. The Government can delay the audit of their national expenditure accounts by so many queries that take the Public Accounts Committee years to resolve. Hon. Gumbo would have told us that there are so many audit queries and that we will get the audited accounts of Government in this House in less than two years. We need to split the audit of revenue accounts from the audit of the other Government expenditures. ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I have noticed that pending bills are accumulating in the county governments because tenders, which are the basis of their expenditure, are based on current prices, but the revenue which was allocated to them is two years old. Because of corruption, there is a scramble as to who will be in charge of allocating tenders. That is the cause of fight over roads. County governments want to award road tenders so that they can make deals with contractors. The national Government wants to award the bulk of the road tenders so that they can make deals under the Standard Gauge ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Allocating not less than 15 per cent of the revenue raised nationally to county governments, which is recommended in the Constitution, is a vague thing. From my calculations as an Economist, I had wanted 25 per cent. Definitely, less than 25 per cent is not enough to run county governments with the bloated wage bills. We have made a lot of effort in managing performance in public service. If county governments became more efficient, 25 per cent would not have been enough to initiate development which we need from the grassroots to push this country forward. view