Manson Nyamweya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, thank you for giving me a chance. I support this Report. I thank the Committee, under their able Chair. They have done a good job. They have interrogated what the National Treasury has given them. However, there are a few things I want to comment on. We have a problem with the Budget cycle. We will approve the Supplementary Budget now and then the Government will be go on a spending spree in May to clear the money. They close the books in June after incurring heavy and rushed expenditure. This needs to be changed. The National Treasury ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: from the Ministry for Defence. What it means is that there is an officer who paid suppliers, retained the VAT due but did not remit the money to KRA. The question that one asks is: What happens in that office? What happens with the guys in the accounts department? What happens with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in that organisation? Why do they not demand that the funds be remitted to KRA? The worst body that we have in this regard is the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), a body entrusted with presiding over our elections. It is a ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: When you go on you will find that they are trying to bring a pre-payment procedure. We already have a payment procedure. They are also going to spend Kshs125 million. Again if you look at that issue of IFMIS, digital payment, payment procedure, I do not understand all that. It is the same thing and the same language. There is a rip off. This IFMIS system needs to be investigated and a thorough audit done because the amount of money going through IFMIs is over Kshs1 billion. This is software which has been developed and it is there. It is ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: the name “supplementary” is being misused because that should not be the case. Supplementary budgets should be about emergency situations. Another issue I have observed here is about the Kenya Seed Company and the National Board. These farmers should be given the money. The Kenya Seed Company should be funded more because we need the seeds. If we do not get enough seeds and the money does not reach the farmers early enough, it is not good. It is a pathetic situation that farmers who feed this nation go without payment for long. They queue to deliver maize and even ... view
• 23 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, for giving me a chance to support this Motion. From the outset, I support what the PIC have done. It is a superb job. They have raised very critical issues. If we all remember, Telkom Kenya was a Government by itself. The number of employees working in that parastatal was big. A telecommunications company only invests in equipment, after which maintenance is minimal and you earn your revenue. Unfortunately, for some unexplained reasons, this company has been going down day by day. What pains me is that it is the Cabinet which approved the process of privatisation. They ... view
• 23 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: somebody was serious, he would have said: “Let us sell part of the land to raise some funds, so that we can contribute.” If somebody was serious, and if they really wanted to save Telkom Kenya, that is what they would have done. But they did not want to save the corporation. They wanted to loot it; finalise everything, bring it to its knees, give it to foreigners and have only one or two individuals benefiting from resources which are supposed to benefit all Kenyans. The assets of Telkom Kenya are scattered all over in the county. Telkom Kenya had ... view
• 14 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Deputy Speaker. We have emphasised on the principle of separation of powers. Before somebody went to court, this Report was already the property of the House. We had started debating it. Since the Report is already before the House for debate, deferring its debate because somebody has gone to court would be subjecting ourselves to the Judiciary. Therefore, the rule of separation of powers does not apply. If indeed it applies, since this Report was in the House, let us debate and conclude it. That is the meaning of separation of powers. I am not a lawyer but ... view
• 14 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am very saddened. As I speak today, I have lost two students from my constituency. One person is seriously sick in hospital. This war is not ours. It is for the President. Innocent blood has been poured because the attackers are fighting the Government. view
• 14 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: This country has a very serious problem. The first, the second, the third, the fourth up to the tenth problem is corruption. The NIS is given money. What do they do with it? There is enough money to buy choppers but where does it go? We have a challenge. As a nation, we need to be united. We should not be threatened that we are going to be divided. If we are going to be divided in order to have security, so be it. We can have two countries. Those who want to be Muslims can go away because you ... view
• 14 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: It is better to go to Tanzania or Uganda and have peace there than to be in Nairobi. It is difficult to go to Garissa today. What are we saying? Teachers and students are not there and we say we are in one country. We are pretending. Let us face the reality. The Government should fight those people and win the war. If the Government is not ready to fight the war, then something has to be done because we are already divided by activities and action. I urge the President to compensate the victims. The soldiers want to be ... view