Washington Jakoyo Midiwo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3401 to 3410 of 3513.

• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I withdraw and apologise. Sir,--- view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the letter before the House--- view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Let me get myself out of the mess. It is contempt of court for somebody who is not an officer of the court to write to the judge to influence the direction of a case. That is the issue that we are addressing; accountability. That letter has been copied to the Chief Justice. I do have more letters written by people--- view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: But, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir--- view
• 17 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance to contribute to this Motion. I would like to add my voice to very many issues which have been alluded to by the previous speakers. First and foremost, I would like to thank hon. Omingo and his team. When they began to do their work, the Reports of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the Government of Kenya Accounts were so many years behind. They did as much as they could until the powers that be thought that hon. Omingo was doing a bit too much and, therefore, ... view
• 17 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, he was "eliminated" from the PAC because they felt very uncomfortable him being there. view
• 17 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Not quite in that sense, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. However, I am sorry for that. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Reports of the PAC on Government of Kenya Accounts need to be brought to date. Looking at the Reports of the Controller and Auditor-General, they are very many years behind and this has bred a lot of contempt because any Government of the day does not seem to care about the results and the recommendations of this watchdog Committee. There are several recommendations which have been made by the watchdog Committees of this House, that is, the Public ... view
• 17 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to withdraw that and say that for as long as the system we are using remains in place, the roads engineers will continue plundering the resources of this country. They are the ones who are now controlling most of the wealth that belongs to this country. The amount of money which is allocated to construct roads in any district, including mine and yours, is enough to do those roads, any day, for five years, but because these engineers own the construction companies---They have now come up with a new thing. They say ... view
• 17 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is the obvious. I do not think I need to substantiate it. The Government itself has issued Press statements saying there is nothing wrong with that variation. They did that variation according to the rules of the game. Therefore, I am not accusing anybody of anything new. view
• 17 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Government itself issued a Press statement and they admitted that there was nothing wrong with that variation. view