John Sakwa Bunyasi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to offer my contribution to the Report of the Public Accounts Committee. The function of the Public Accounts Committee is an extremely important one because as a nation, that is the only opportunity we get to comment on the management of public resources in this country as largely highlighted by the Auditor-General, but generally going beyond what he has highlighted. In fact, they have the mandate to investigate whether our resources have been used with prudence in accordance with the Public Audit Act and the PFM Act. There are many laws governing ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Therefore, there should be a sharp focus on the functioning of the KRA. There must be serious effort to break down the firewall by the National Treasury around the KRA because they cannot explain it fully. If you pin them down, they will say that it is a matter that is done by the KRA, which is a separate department. However, the KRA cannot be a small department in the National Treasury. It is a major institution. It is an independent authority in many countries, so that it is possible to focus on them in terms of what they do ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to conclude a bit on the issue of public debt which the Committee has touched on. I find it to be a great idea. They have commented on that as a category of concerns. Their recommendation was tamed. Looking at the public debt as a whole from the perspective of just one financial year may have led the Committee to feel okay. They had only a slice of view. They decided not to be too bold in broad recommendations. The issue of how fast the public debt is rising is a major concern. We ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I have gone through this Report with great effort, but not with a fine toothcomb, but there are recommendations in departments that have been problematic. I have mentioned health and agriculture. If you had sat in this Committee and listened to them, you would expect a lot of material for the DPP. I do not see it here as a matter of fact. The Office of the President had great difficulty in explaining the use of confidential expenditure. We admit that every Government has confidential expenditure. However, there have been internal systems, even if they are closed to the public, ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I see that I have an orange light. What I would like to add is that this Report needs to strengthen the components of culpability which cannot be always public officers. There was an individual in those dockets. It is within the norms of the reporting of the Committee to name them to enable the officers that follow up to pin down exactly who did what and when. That is what makes the Public Accounts Committee Report so critical. That is why it is anchored in the Constitution. There is no other Committee in this House that can enable Parliament ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I submit. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Today is not a day for celebration for me. I have been hopeful that we were going to bring this matter to a close by passing the Bill. I have got a lot of calls from the constituency on both sides of the issue. I stand strongly in support of the Bill because if we passed it, Kenya would be leapfrogging to the future on this issue. I hope this tactical retreat that has been made will, indeed, allow the forces to come back in full strength and get the Bill passed when it is brought ... view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I have not said much on this. However, I think it will be unwise to completely cut out the devolved governments. Also, remember the warehouses are going to be local and not national in any sense. It is the aggregation of all these warehouses that we are regulating at the national level or the system. I think the warehouses will be a localised arrangement. There will be more than one in a county. I think it will be unwise to completely cut them out at this stage. view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I think we made a technical mistake in the grammar in the previous phrase, but I do not know how to cure that. Certainly, we did pass that the CEO must have graduated in Kenya, but I think the intent was if he holds a degree that is recognised in Kenya. view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I know and I feel bad about it, but I just think that we have a grammar mistake there. view