Ekwee David Ethuro

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Assistant Minister should not mislead the House. If the invitation to the Committee was extended to the Minister, then it must be the Minister to appear. The Minister did not even have the courtesy to write and explain that he will send his senior officers. One time, he sent his Assistant Minister and we received him. We deal with Ministers and not with Permanent Secretaries, Mr. Assistant Minister. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Order, hon. Members! Since we have no further Business to deliberate upon as per the Order Paper, the House now stands adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, 7th October, 2010, at 2.30 p.m. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: The House rose at 5.53 pm. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would hate to interrupt my good friend, the Assistant Minster for Finance. However, I have a responsibility to this House and to the country. When the Assistant Minister contradicts all the things we have said--- He is saying that we are misleading the nation and ourselves. How can we overpay when the law says that it should not be less than 2.5 per cent? In my submission, I said that we could accumulate up to 100 per cent. The issue here is not overpayment but compliance with the law. ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: The Assistant Minister is misleading the House! view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just want to confirm to the Assistant Minister and the House that Parliament has a Budget Office. The Committee has taken the trouble to check these figures with an authority known as the Budget Office as confirmed by professional accountants in the House. We cannot sit here and allow the Assistant Minister to get away with what is basically his lopsided understanding of the law. The law is very clear; all ordinary Government revenue. The only thing that the law has excluded is Appropriation-in-Aid (A-in-A). view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to start by thanking all the Members who have contributed positively and favourably to this Motion. I also want to thank the Assistant Minister, Dr. Oburu Odinga, for putting up a brave fight and trying to defend the indefensible. It takes courage when you defend the indefensible. I think to that extent, we want to applaud him. He is our friend. He is a beneficiary of the CDF. This matter is not just an issue of semantics. It is not a matter of lingua. This is a fundamental issue. The amount of money ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was just demonstrating that they may not be deliberately dishonest but they are definitely misleading the House. Even the arguments of what constitutes ordinary revenue in terms of investment income would have been addressed through a sub-committee that both parties agreed to constitute. We as the CFC gave them names. They, however, have not given us names for the last one year. This is our desperation. This is our problem because if they are honest and sincere, they would have taken the opportunity to deliberate with us and he knows we always agree. We ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Before I conclude, I want to donate two minutes of my time to Mr. Midiwo. view