13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
The Chair of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology is answering this question based on the information obtained from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. Given the gravity of this matter, I think you should give us guidance as to whether we should take this matter to another level so that the Cabinet Secretary or the officer in charge of children’s rights in the Department of Education or even the State organ or human rights can be summoned by this House to come and give a full disclosure of efforts that have been made to prevent these ...
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13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
information from the Government, we should also remember that it is not Ministers who are sitting here or Cabinet Secretaries.
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13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I seek your guidance. Given the gravity and crisis on this matter, that this Committee should not summon the Cabinet Secretary to come and be faced with numerous questions on this matter, an inquiry can be constituted to handle it. As I finish, I am not in agreement with anybody who says that Cabinet Secretaries should not be summoned. They should as and when necessary or often.
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13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker.
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13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I have two requests to make. Pursuant to Standing Order No.44(2)(c) I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade on the monies amounting to US$2 billion, approximately Kshs85 billion illegally stashed abroad by way of cash in banks, land, ranches, shares in companies et cetera. Hon. Deputy Speaker, a report by Kroll Associates UK Limited which was commissioned by the Government to investigate the matter shows that the accumulated illicit capital flight from Kenya hidden in over 40 tax havens around the world amounted to a ...
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13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
(i) the status of the Kroll Report;
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13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
(ii) the amount of money paid to Kroll Associates UK Limited by the Government of Kenya;
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(iii) how much of the money detailed in the Report has been recovered to date; and
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(iv) measures the Government is taking to ensure compliance and prevent misappropriation and illicit transfers of public finances to tax havens.
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6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, the hon. Member has mentioned my name in both good and bad light about our role with Wandayi and others in Constitution- making. He has described me as his foot soldier.
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