Ekwee David Ethuro

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I conclude, I would like to appeal to the Minister for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030, and to the Treasury--- The CDF legal framework is not a wish list. It is not at the convenience of a Minister of Government. The CDF has had impact in all the 210 constituencies in this country. The law requires that the Treasury releases the CDF money at the beginning of every quarter of the financial year. As we speak, the money has not been released, even as the Deputy Leader of Government Business is forcing us to ... view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to make a few observations. The first category of statutory positions was meant to make the performance of the CDF very effective. Unfortunately, I must report that, as a Committee, we have not seen the value that these people are giving to this Committee. We do not see value in the representative of the Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Finance. That is why our disbursements are delayed. We do not see the value in the representative of the Attorney-General. That is why even when we go to court, we have to hire ... view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have, indeed, not seen the value of the representative of the PS of the Ministry of Planning, National Development and Vision 2030 because some of the problems we have emanate from the District Development Officers (DDOs) and the District Accountants, whose representatives sit on the Board. We thought that they would be able to help us sort out some of the problems. view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Of course, the Ministry of Public Works could be forgiven for not being represented on the Board, but we now have one of them. In fact, the engineer is from the Ministry of Public Works. We have decided to bring him on board, so that we can sort out some of the issues we have encountered. view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I conclude, I would like to appeal to the Minister for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030, and to the Treasury--- The CDF legal framework is not a wish list. It is not at the convenience of a Minister of Government. The CDF has had impact in all the 210 constituencies in this country. The law requires that the Treasury releases the CDF money at the beginning of every quarter of the financial year. As we speak, the money has not been released, even as the Deputy Leader of Government Business is forcing us to ... view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. There is a difference between a point of order where you want to correct a misleading statement and my right to reply. Is the Assistant Minister in order to persistently mislead this House that the Minister or the Committee or the Board failed in its job when actually the matter that he is talking about was about allocation on the basis of population and poverty indexes? We came to this House and resolved that matter. We were taken to court and the court made a judgement in our favour. Is he ... view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. There is a difference between a point of order where you want to correct a misleading statement and my right to reply. Is the Assistant Minister in order to persistently mislead this House that the Minister or the Committee or the Board failed in its job when actually the matter that he is talking about was about allocation on the basis of population and poverty indexes? We came to this House and resolved that matter. We were taken to court and the court made a judgement in our favour. Is he ... view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Is it in order for the hon. Minister to start judging that the figures are inflated when that matter is before the court? In any case, he is the one who published these figures and nobody else. view