Ekwee David Ethuro

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will be surprised that even in some areas line Nyanza Province, where we thought this was not an issue, the kind of management and administration of IDPs that is there is completely appalling. We want also to appreciate that the Government is reacting. Our desire was that because the Government had proposed that June this year is the deadline for resettling all the IDPs---They had passed that deadline. They are proceeding to September and we do not know for how long. It seems the moment we started coming up with this Committee, the Government also ... view
• 8 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have achieved a lot of progress. There is not enough time to explain all that. This is a Procedural Motion and I beg all the Members of this House that this is not a matter that requires a lot of debate. The issues are the same and we just need more time. view
• 8 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move, and request my good friend, a chartered member of the Committee, hon. Imanyara to second. view
• 7 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: asked the Minister of State for Public Service:- (a) why the Government is contravening the provisions of the Pensions (Amendment) Act, 2003, by failing to either retain or pay retiring employees until their pension is processed; (b) whether he could indicate the outstanding pensions before 2003 and table the quantum of pension and the number of pensioners per cadre, month and year for all public servants who have retired from 2003 to date; and, (c) what action the Government is taking to ensure compliance with the statute. view
• 7 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Pensions Act was amended in 2003 in this House, through a Private Member’s Bill sponsored by hon. David Musila. The Minister has said that the law is not being breached, but he confirmed that there are a few outstanding cases. The reason as to why this House passed that particular law was because those kinds of excuses were being given. The amendment in Section 16A says:- “A person to whom a pension or other allowances are payable under this Act shall be entitled to be retained in the service until the payment in full of the ... view
• 7 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: So, the issue that the Minister needs to address himself to is that, whatever the reason for the delay in processing of pensions, he should retain pensioners until he has complied with the law; he should send them away when he has already complied with the law. Why has the Government failed to do so since the 2004? I am not satisfied with the sensitization programmes done late in the day. view
• 7 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is the Minister in order to mislead this nation that the hon. Member for Turkana Central is semi-illiterate and can barely read? In fact, I allowed him in the first instance because I respect him. However, he got away with it and added another one. I want to invite him to look at 16(a). It says: “A person to whom a pension or other allowance--- Is the word “pension” not there? view
• 7 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like the Minister to look at 19(a), especially for dependants. Not unless there are legal proceedings if we have delayed the payment of the pension to the dependants of officers of the Government who have view
• 7 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: worked very hard for the State, then you should pay pension with accrued interest. When will he ensure strict compliance, particularly on the issue of either retaining them or if they die in service, we pay their dependents within the stipulated period of 90 days? Failure to do so, you pay with interest. He has given a record where I know for a fact that some Ministries have over 736 pensioners who are yet to receive their pension. view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like the Minister to clarify the fate of the staff from Turkana, who were interviewed, shortlisted and asked to come and pick their appointment letters, but who up to now have not yet been employed, because the Minister employed people from his own constituency. This is a matter of Kenyans being denied their rightful share of employment. People who were not even interviewed are the ones whom the Minister employed. The Public Service Commission has issued a circular, asking the Minister to revoke the appointments of those who were illegally recruited, and employ the ... view