Jackson Kipkorir Rop

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: The issues that came before us majorly were the non-responses by the Accounting Officers to the management letters. When you see the reports that were tabled before us, we were even unable to carry them because they are so huge. That was because there were several issues that could have been cleared by the Accounting Officers with the auditors during the audit cycle. We found out that those officers take their time until when they are about to appear before the Committee. That is when they will now rush to respond to audit queries, leading to several unsatisfactory answers even ... view
• 10 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Issues that were raised include lack of prudent financial management by the Ministries or the Accounting Officers and inappropriate record keeping by the accountants and yet, most Government accountants are qualified. The issue of record keeping is being queried by the Auditor-General; it is very unfortunate. We are recommending that all accountants should adhere to the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) so that we can have proper recording and reporting of accounts. Issues of unsupported expenditures and un-vouched expenditure - which is an expenditure that does not have a payment voucher - you expect an auditor to make a ... view
• 10 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we also noted that most Ministries have a cross-cutting issue of pending bills that are running into billions of shillings every financial year. That will curtail the performance of that Ministry in the subsequent year because it has to be charged to the next Budget. These are the issues that we are encouraging the Accounting Officers to really adhere to in their budgets so that they do not spread their expenditure beyond that particular financial year. view
• 10 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Imprests have been an issue in every other Ministry. People are taking money as if they have taken loans and they are unable to account for the same. We are not going to encourage that as PAC. We want the Accounting Officers to use money for the intended purpose. view
• 10 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: The confidential expenditure that we queried for the first time has been running all through. Confidential expenditure has been there since time immemorial. For sure, no Head of State can rule without money, but what we are saying is that let us have officers who have been vetted, both auditors and those handling those expenditure, so that when they are doing the auditing, we can easily access those reports or records. I know that we cannot stop confidential expenditure. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained ... view
• 10 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, issues of revenue collection and under-collection of Appropriations-in-Aid are really rampant in most Ministries. This was as a result of donor partners failing to submit the accounting records to the Ministries on time or even failure to submit them. We have made a recommendation in our Report that the Ministry of Finance should come up with an external policy that will come to cure this problem that we have been facing. view
• 10 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: It is worth noting that Article 226 (5) is telling us what all those who are handling public funds are expected to do. I want to read that section. We have been quoting it every other time An Accounting officers appear before us. Article 226(5) of the Constitution states:- “If the holder of a public office, including a political office directs or approves the use of public funds contrary to law or instructions, the person is liable for any loss arising from that use and shall make good the loss, whether the person remains the holder of the office or ... view
• 10 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: I want to echo the comments made by hon. Bett on the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). Apparently, CDF issues were very petty, like un-supported bursaries. You have paid bursaries but the acknowledgement has not been received from the universities--- view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you very much for allowing me to contribute to this Motion. From the outset, the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 placed all minerals under the national Government and it allows equitable sharing of the proceeds or benefits from the said minerals. I want to support this Bill by saying that it does not apply to petroleum and other hydro carbon gases. This is purely a mineral Bill. The Bill recognizes both the large-scale and small-scale miners. It seeks to establish two directorates; the directorate of mines and the directorate of geological survey. That used not to be there. Currently, we ... view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: United Arab Emirates and I was surprised to find that a country in a desert was well endowed to take care of its citizens because the Government has invested in mining. So, this corporation will help this country to invest a lot in mining. It will allow this House to give the initial capital so that the corporation can pick from there and start investing. For sure, without minerals, we cannot sustain the livelihoods of our people. We require enormous resources to take care of our citizens. We require as a Government to really invest in mining and do a ... view