7 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
What is before this House is not a petition, but a Report of the PAC of the National Assembly. So Article 251 has broken down how commissioners can be removed from office. In the end it says that a petitioner may represent a petition to Parliament to look at it. If it is satisfied, it can forward it to the President to form a tribunal. I do not want Members to send you in a fishing expedition. The matter is very clear. I urge you to look at it in a manner that befits handling constitutionally. You cannot kill a ...
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7 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.
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7 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I want to draw your attention that the other day we just discussed issues which are very important in the Standing Orders of declaring interest in a matter. Before Hon. Kamket contributes to the IEBC Report, can he declare his interest in IEBC so that we do not have conflict here?
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7 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute on this matter. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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7 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
I was a Member of PAC in the last Parliament and in this one. This is the first time I have seen an oversight committee like PAC and PIC doing a report on a feasibility study. What is before that committee is a feasibility study on whether a Government project is viable or not. I do not know how you can come up with a report on a feasibility study. The issue here is that the Committee has instructed the Auditor-General to come up with a report. Is the report on policy? What is the Auditor-General supposed to do? Is ...
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7 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I also understand a bit of their language. They are discussing camel business. I do not know what it has to do with KAA. Instead of sending the Auditor-General to audit, the Committee should have halted their investigations and told the Ministry to bring the policy and sessional papers so that they could look at them. This Committee does not understand its powers. They think the only power they have is to send the Auditor-General to investigate. They also have powers to ask for documents. They have powers to ask for policy and sessional papers. They have all ...
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7 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
The Committee says that they have sent the Auditor-General to audit this matter. Why not wait for the Auditor-General to finish his work and then table a report? What is the hurry in tabling this progress report unless you are playing to the gallery or talking to quarters outside this House? It is on record. I have served on PAC for the last five years before and on this term. This Committee is investigating, overseeing and auditing a feasibility study report of the KAA. I do not know whether feasibility studies are part of the Auditor-General’s report. Those are documents ...
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7 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, the provisions of Standing Order No.206 are what Hon. (Dr.) Oundo has alluded to. Standing Order No. 206 (7) says:
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7 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
“Despite paragraph (6), the Public Investments Committee shall not examine any of the following-
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7 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
(a) matters of major Government policy as distinct from business or commercial
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