Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1301 to 1310 of 1671.

• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: In my view, most of those who have held offices in the past have not been independent. They are supposed to be independent and give a fair view of what is happening in the Government. Clause 31 says that before the conclusion of examination by the Auditor-General of financial statements of each State organ, an exit meeting shall be held at which the Auditor-General shall submit the draft management letter which will include findings and recommendations. I agree that, that is the best way forward, because after you have finished the audit, as a follow up--- Normally, there is a ... view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: I tend to disagree with one of the hon. Members who said that this is not right. I think that, that is the right thing to do because then he will be able to lay the foundation for future auditing. view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Further, in Clause 27, there is a function of the Audit Advisory Board. It is important that we have this Board because its function, to the best of my knowledge, will be to advise the Auditor-General on what should be done. Particularly, if you let the Auditor-General do everything else, it may not be in our best interests. We should approve this Board contrary to the view of the Chairman of the Public Investments Committee (PIC), who said that it is not necessary. I find it very necessary because it will assist in recruitment of managers, instead of leaving this ... view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thirdly, and very importantly, is the fact that auditors, and you have seen that they are complaining--- One person mentioned that when they were asked to go and do audit in Narok, they said that they were not financially able to carry out the audit. Their budget is so constrained that the best thing is to have somebody advising on the kind of budget they will need. They will be advised accordingly. So, this Board, to me, is a very good body to be set up, so that we will be able to assist and advise the Auditor-General. view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: The other thing that I want to talk about is the administrative powers. The biggest problem that we have in this country is scandals. You can see now we have the “Chicken Gate” Scandal. We normally do not look at the integrity and values of some of the people whom we actually hire. The Auditor-General’s Office should have people with integrity. They should be people who cannot be compromised. They should be people with core values. I am afraid that what we are having are people--- The people who are hired must The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report ... view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: be people with integrity. Look at what happened at the IEBC, we are now being told that money changed hands. We can now see what happens to some of the staff working there. The most important thing is the fact that we should have people who have integrity working in this particular organ of the Government, so that we get the right information. Today, we are having auditors being compromised. They cannot do auditing. There are kickbacks. What we are looking for are people who will work in the Auditor- General’s Office with integrity. I am talking about people who ... view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Last, but not least, auditing of the Government organs, particularly security organs and other sensitive organs, should be done in such a way that the Office of the Auditor-General’s independence is not eroded. We should be able to provide information even in cases where we feel that there is a lot of sensitivity; an example is security in State House and elsewhere. They should be able to do that without fear or favour. view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: I am opposed to a suggestion that the Auditor-General should be somebody from outside the country. We should have people from our own country whom we trust, working in that office. People who mismanage resources need to be prosecuted. Every day our media informs us of people who have been found mismanaging our resources. Where are these people being prosecuted? The Auditor-General should have the authority to actually prosecute instead of passing the buck to somebody else. You find that people who have been named and found to have misappropriated public resources are left to go scot free. Therefore, we ... view
• 10 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving this chance. I have been sitting here since the House started this morning waiting for this chance. I want to thank my colleague, the Mover of this Bill. This is a very ordinary Bill. To me this amendment is very timely because it is what we are seeing every day. For sure, motorists in Kenyans have very bad manners. Traffic rules are never respected and most of the incidents that have been cited in this House show how badly we behave on our roads. I do not know where we are going ... view
• 10 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: for a fact, our drivers do not behave well on the roads. You will find a Zebra Crossing at the schools or hospitals, but motorist just pass without taking note of that. Of course, the excuse is that there is vandalism of sign posts. I am happy that this week we managed to pass a law on scrap metals. That may also deter people who remove sign posts from the roadsides. Above all, I have travelled as most people have travelled here. You will find that most of those institutions; whether it is a hospital, where there is Zebra Crossing, ... view