Joseph Konzolo Munyao

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the information was conveyed to the Ministry, and that Statement is being prepared. It will be given on Tuesday, as promised. view
• 1 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that most police stations are faced with perennial shortage of fuel for their vehicles. However, sometimes, suppliers withhold fuel for Officers Commanding Police Divisions (OCPDs) at the beginning of the quota before the physical arrival of the Authority to Incur Expenditure (AIE) and cheques in the districts. This is usually the time when police stations experience fuel shortages. In addition, unexpected security situations arise, which require prompt action. These consume fuel budgeted for the following month, and thus occasion a shortage for that month. (b) The steps ... view
• 1 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Mukiri has not understood what I have said. The AIE holder for all police stations in the district is the OCPD. That is to say that the money is spent at the police stations but the accounting officer is the OCPD. We have acknowledged that sometimes there are shortages which are occasioned by the delay in disbursement of funds from the Treasury, as well as shortages occasioned by high level crime incidence that makes the police use more fuel than they had budgeted for a given month. However, there is no perennial shortage of fuel. ... view
• 1 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have already outlined the measures that the Ministry is taking to make sure that there is no shortage of fuel. I have outlined those measures and I do not think it is necessary to repeat them. What I would like to emphasize is that, if you look at the budgetary allocation for this year, you will see that we were given Kshs160 million. That is below the projected estimate of Kshs360 million. So, we are left with a deficit of Kshs200 million. We have already written to the Treasury to explain that predicament. We need ... view
• 1 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is a general practice in the Government. It is not just the police. The AIE holders are at the district level. But the fact that the accounting officer is the OCPD does not mean that the OCS is prevented from spending the money. That is because there are fuel stations where they are supposed to get fuel supply constantly. So, the OCPD is for the purposes of accounting and supervision; to make sure that the allocation is not misused. That is given the fact that we have very little fuel available. We would want to ... view
• 1 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is no such statement that was made anywhere in Meru. We had a meeting in Meru where most of the Members of Parliament from Meru were attending, including hon. Kiraitu and myself. The meeting was discussing a report--- view
• 1 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Since the statement has been made, I thought that it would be fair to just make a clarification because what will appear now in the newspapers is that hon. Kiraitu and I made 2886 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 1, 2007 those very scandalous statements that the hon. Member is alleging. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there were no such statements. We were receiving, in a meeting which was attended by all the District Commissioners (DCs) and the Provincial Commissioner (PC), a report of a committee that was appointed by the leaders of Meru, ... view
• 1 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Those are inventions of hon. Kagwima. view
• 1 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am in agreement that we can meet in your office. However, it is important that I make it very clear that there is no plan anywhere by the Government to kill Tharaka people. I want to make that very clear. view
• 1 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Or anybody for that matter. There is no such plan. I can assure the House that will not happen. We, as Government, have never planned to clear any community, let alone the Tharaka people. I do not know how else I can prepare to make that kind of a Statement. I am already assuring the House that there is no such plan and no such statement has been made. view