John Sakwa Bunyasi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 661 to 670 of 1058.

• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion on the Report of the Public Accounts Committee on the Government of Kenya Accounts for the year 2013/2014. This is a very tedious slow job which ends up where we are now. It is The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: tedious and difficult because I do not get the sense that there is sufficient attention being paid to the process of accounting for the resources that are received. The Budget is a contract between the people and the Government saying that those are the things that we are going to finance so that we can achieve growth in those sectors over time. To achieve goals, for example, we have got for Vision2030. It starts with the Budget Policy Statement and the allocation of recourses in relation to areas of priority in the Budget Policy Statement, which is calibrated to produce ... view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: When there is a lacuna in the effectiveness in implementation, you effectively change the priorities that were set out. So, it is extremely important in this stage of the budget process that we pay attention to how well it has been implemented relative to the Budget Policy Statement that was issued. view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: One of the big areas of concern, in abroad sense, that we see with the implementation of the Budget, which I have said it is important to be implemented faithfully to achieve the results that have been planned, is that there is a wide variation in the extent to which Accounting Officers ensure that expenditures are as intended. view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: We have seen every time the Auditor-General announces his report, there is normally a twitch or some concern among the implementing agencies to the extent where in some areas, they have taken out public commercials objecting to criticisms raised by the Auditor-General. Yet what the Auditor-General does, as he should and should do more of it, is to just ensure that there is consistence between the outcomes in expenditure and what was intended so that we can measure the outputs that are needed. Frequently, there is panic at the last minute when, in fact, they panic because they were unwilling ... view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: It is extremely important that we should take this to a higher notch. When a MDA is unable to account for funds, the only conclusion we can come to and there is no other conclusion is that the funds are lost. If one pretends that they are not lost or that they were not even lost, we do not know that they were not lost at the point of entry. There is no reason why they should be unable to account for the money 18 months down the road. This Report clearly indicates that there are many such areas where ... view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: President, you never know what goes on in the individual ministries. This is the only way you can know what is going on. We have had challenges in some ministries because of the diverse range of activities and the large involvement of donors. For example, in the area of health, you never know if there is double-dipping. You do not know if the area uses funds from the Exchequer or borrowed funds. The quality of account-keeping in agencies and ministries is extremely important. There is also the issue of the use of public funds. The bigger the budget, the more ... view
• 10 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I had wanted to speak to the previous Motion not this one. view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. Unfortunately, I support part of Hon. Mutura’s proposal. On the proposed (d)(i), they are not reporting the authorised withdrawals from the Consolidated Fund. However, the second part on the level of compliance by the national Government and county governments in submitting copies of the budget estimates needs to be more holistic. I do not think it fits here very well. I oppose (d)(ii). view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you. view