Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi

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• 2 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Precisely, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is for that reason that I, personally, sought the assistance of the Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly whenever you were not available. Whenever we directed that letters inviting people to attend our hearings be issued, they refused to do so. I have had occasion to adjourn several sessions of the Committee, because I perfectly believed that it was important that the people needed to be given an opportunity to explain themselves. But it became extremely difficult. It is actually important that you have raised this issue, because I personally believe that it ... view
• 2 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: That is true, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 2 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are things to come out very clearly in the form of communication from you to the Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly for the latter to be able to facilitate Committees in their work. In this particular case, I am willing to give the names of the persons who did not appear before the Committee. view
• 2 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am willing to do so. I did admit here that not all the people mentioned in this Report appeared before the Committee. view
• 2 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, your advice is actually the best. Mr. Githae wanted to introduce an element of some little politics! I was going to give the names of the people. This Report is not Muturi's. It is the Committee's Report. I have my own individual views about some of these processes. But my views as a Chair of the Committee may not necessarily carry the day since I could, very well, be the minority. It is for that reason that I agree with you. I could, right now, give the names of the people named here, who I know were ... view
• 2 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: In fact, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wholly agree with you. It is the Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly that gave that advice. We did not agree with it! view
• 2 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish I was about to do that because--- view
• 2 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on matters that I know I am very correct on, as you know, I stand very firm. On this one, I know it is because you were not available. We really took a lot of time arguing about it and I would say: "I wish the Speaker was around because he would correct you!" Anyway, the names of the people are as follows:- Mr. W.N. Ayah, Mr. M.P. Manji, Mr. D.A. Oyatsi and Mr. G. Mitine. Those people did not attend, even though the Committee had resolved that they be called. Therefore, I want to agree with ... view
• 2 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am not going to refer to all the evidence that we took from the Report of the Controller and Auditor-General with regard to all the corporations that we took evidence from. As I indicated, we held 62 sittings. We examined, very closely, a total of 85 reports. In order to bring, particularly the bigger corporations up to date, we would examine the reports of about two or three years consecutively so that, at least, we were able to bring them up to date. I did indicate that in that effort, we examined ... view
• 2 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, another issue I want to point out is with regard to what is contained in the Public Audit Act, which we passed here in 2003. Under that Act, in Section 39, we provide that:- "The Controller and Auditor-General may appoint any private audit firm to carry out audit of any State corporation. Once that appointment has been made, the appointed audit firm must report to the Controller and Auditor-General who must sign those audit reports." It is the Controller and Auditor-General, both under the Public Audit Act and also the State Corporations Act, who has ... view