22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, Mr. Okemo asked for many interventions because he is a former Minister for Energy. However, I would like to remind him that even when he was there, there was fraud at the KPC and he knows the challenges that are there. I want to agree and accept his suggestion that we introduce an external auditor for the products in the pipeline like we have done in the refinery to ensure that the products are properly taken care of while on transit.
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22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are also consulting with the financiers and the Ministry with the intention of introducing regulations under the Energy Act (2006) so as to make the provisions of the CFA tighter and also part of the law governing the industry. So, the Ministry is involved in improving the CFA system.
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22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true that we receive daily stock sheet from the KPC. The Permanent Secretary receives them and even today, he received some. However, in this particular case, the Operations Department generated false information which it shared both with the bank and the Ministry. It was, therefore, not possible for the officers in the Ministry to detect that there was loss of stock to Triton Oil Company. This was a fraud and because it also involved forging of documents, it was not possible for us to detect it in time. In fact, even the external auditor was ...
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22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, regarding the joint contract to supply KenGen, it was a joint contract between Triton, Total and KenGen. They were supplying fuel for our emergency power plant. However, from my understanding of it, Triton only imported the products and supplied them to Total. Total then supplied KenGen. Therefore, KenGen made their payments to supplier, who was Total. KenGen did not pay any money directly to Triton. It paid to Total.
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22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to inform my friend, Mr. Wambugu, that I do not know the Ja nuary 22, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES
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20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. We will table the Statement on Thursday this week.
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17 Dec 2008 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to support this Motion. Constitution-making in this country has become a never ending process. It is so consuming; Kenyans have waited for it for many years and I think the Tenth Parliament has a unique opportunity to make it happen. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have been involved in constitutional struggles and attempts at constitution-making for the last 15 years or so. I have had my own personal frustrations with this process. The reason why we have not been able to make a lot of progress is because there are too ...
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17 Dec 2008 in National Assembly:
Yes! I am experienced! They say that what we call "experience" is the total number of mistakes that one makes in his life, so that you are able to tell those who come after you that: "We tried this and it did not work. Please, do not go that route!" So I have experience on that process because we made many, many mistakes over the years in trying to make a new Constitution. I thought I had some experience to offer to that team. But, I think time has come for us to recognise the new talent which has come ...
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17 Dec 2008 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to follow the steps of my friend, Dr. Khalwale, and withdraw my name from that list. I would like to support other hon. Members of Parliament---
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17 Dec 2008 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. What we are trying to say is that, it is important that, as hon. Members, we move together and try to build the broadest possible consensus in this Constitution-making process. I have discovered that we have only been able to make even the minor amendments to the Constitution when the whole House has worked together. So, in the interests of building the consensus so that we can move forward, those of us whose names appear on that list, let us not be an obstacle to the Constitution-making process in this country. With those few remarks, ...
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