Jamleck Irungu Kamau

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 731 to 740 of 1078.

• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: However, the way it should be can be set by this House. I fully believe that the only people who need to be talked about here are Members of that specific Committee. This is a question of a butterfly in somebody’s hand and asking whether it is alive or dead. The answer depends on you. If you say that it is alive, I will fix it and it dies. If you say it is dead, I will revive it and it flies away. So, the answer to me is that it is upon the House to come up with the ... view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: The other matter hon. Ochieng raised has been ably captured by my colleague and I do not want to repeat that. Therefore, I reiterate that Standing Order 203, indeed, gives this House powers to call experts on any matter from wherever we can. I think that should be the way to go. view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, aware that the Government has limited financial resources, given the new governance structures that have occasioned devolution of funds; noting that public and state officers constitute a significant part of the Government; cognizant of the fact that the Government has to cater for their official duties, including transport and other facilitation within and outside the country; conscious of the need to reduce the burden on the taxpayer; this House resolves that all state and public officers, including officers of constitutional commissions, county governments, state corporations and departments, with ... view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this House has a duty and obligation to curb wastages. This House must be able to institute measures that will cut down on costs. This Motion aims at making sure that the Government saves on some unnecessary expenses. If you look at travel within this country, you will find that all the leaders in the Government, including those in parastatals and other State agencies as well as those in constitutional commissions travel in Business Class. Hon. Speaker for those travelling in business economy it is like more than double the cost. Looking at these costs that ... view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: realize that it is too high. I thought it is important for us to come up with ways and means on how we can cut down on some of these things. The National Assembly appropriates money to all Government agencies. Parliament must make sure that this money that is given to various State departments and State agencies is used properly. I can quote a few instances where CEOs or heads of parastatals or Chairpersons of constitutional commissions have come before various committees of Parliament ostensibly to defend their budgets. However, part of their budgets has a component on travel. When ... view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is time those other State officers in this country emulated this House and its hon. Members, and also travel Economy Class. I do understand and know that, perhaps, there are very many people who think that, maybe, their class is above Economy Class. If indeed, that is the position, it is a very simple exercise; upgrade yourself at your own cost. This will actually save this economy a lot of money. view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as a responsible Parliament, we must make sure that we actually lead from the front. It is time that this House makes a move, stamps its authority and clearly tells Kenyans and State officers that they must be able to curtail expenses that are not necessary. Honestly speaking, why would I not use Economy Class when I am travelling a distance that will take me only 45 minutes? Why do I want to go Business Class instead of Economy Class and spend more than double the amount of money I should spend when I travel Economy ... view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is the practice of other countries and organisations, specifically the UN and developed countries--- The practice is that any flight taking less than five hours, they use Economy Class. But in this country, we are not doing that. We are saying within the country, let nobody make a mistake; I am not talking about within Kenya. The farthest you can go from Nairobi is Mombasa or Kisumu, a journey that takes about 45 minutes. The point is that you can persevere in the Economy Class. If you are actually uncomfortable with Economy Class, upgrade yourself ... view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to plead with hon. Members to look at this Motion critically and support it. I would like to propose that the Accounting Officers themselves are the ones who are going to be held accountable for this. This is because for every vote there an Accounting Officer, a person who is responsible for how expenditure is incurred in their agencies. The Principal Secretaries in the Ministries are normally the Accounting Officers. If you go to the constitutional commissions, we have the Accounting Officers as the respective Chief Executive Officers. It is these people who we ... view