Irungu Kang'ata

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.227. I have two Petitions, which are yet to be replied to. The first one relates to roads in Kiharu Constituency which was committed to the Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing about three months ago. The second one is on Kenneth Stanley Njindo Matiba; we petitioned to, among other things, have Murang’a University renamed after him. It was also committed to a committee more than three months ago to the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee. I seek your direction. view
• 3 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: The Justice and Legal Affairs Committee. view
• 3 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. May I support the adoption of these reports. It is my humble submission that once those reports are adopted, they are going to enable more cash to be transmitted to the counties because this is one of the requisite steps which this Chamber must adopt. Having read those reports, I feel that very good work has been done by the Committee. I do, however, propose a way to improve the way appropriation is done and also the way auditing is done for the resources sent to the various departments in the Government. One, I propose that ... view
• 3 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: The law provides that there should be some valuation. Thereafter, the money should be paid promptly. However, I have noted that many constituencies have been disregarding that procedure by negotiating directly. I have even seen instances where the Government acquires land belonging to a deceased person without the requisite letters of administration. I, therefore, propose that this Committee insists that the various entities do adhere to the various laws, particularly the law on succession, so that we can minimise some of those issues which have been captured regarding purchasing of land belonging to the poor. view
• 3 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Another key element which is coming out of those Reports is the issue of pending bills. At times, I wonder as to how they arise because, ideally, Government does not expend or procure without money being in the account. However, I have seen situations where people do the work and when they raise their fees, payment delays. We need to come up with better methods where, immediately the work is done, it is paid for. This notion of pending bills should not be there. The procurement ought to have been based on money that is already in the District Treasury. ... view
• 3 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: There is also another issue about action that is usually taken against Government officials who misappropriate money. There are so many reports which have been tabled before this House. Those Reports find several Government officials culpable, both at the local level, that is, in the line Ministries, or even at the national level. However, no action is ever taken against such officials. We need to be very strong and come up with mechanisms to punish those people who misappropriate money. Misappropriation of money falls under the category of the crime we call “white collar crime”. When we compare how Kenyans ... view
• 3 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: any police officers. That way, we will have more people being taken to court to address various issues of financial mismanagement as opposed to a situation where those people who are taken to court happen to be people who, for instance, steal and do other offences where the complainant is an ordinary person. If we were to do that, we would reduce the extent of wastage in our Government. We may have a more efficient State and, in such kind of a scenario, more resources are going to help our people. view
• 3 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Finally, from my own experience as an ex-officio member of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), I have noted that there is also the aspect of high figures in the bill of quantities prepared by the Government. Well, I am not an expert in that area. However, probably, that is something that needs to be looked at again as you continue interrogating Government finances. You will find, for example, that a house can be built using Kshs2 million. But, usually, from the Government’s point of view, it is denoted as one that would cost, say, Kshs5million. In terms of Government records, ... view
• 3 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I beg to support. view
• 10 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you my colleague for giving me the reminder of your time. Thank you, hon. Speaker. In respect to the Motion before this House, I feel some names here are not appropriate. It is true--- view