Manson Nyamweya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have a parastatal whose Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is supposed to be sought through a competitive bidding process, because we are looking for the best qualified person in that sector, and then we give that CEO a Board comprising of people who have no knowledge of that sector. Somebody then went ahead and brought in place what we call the Inspectorate of State Corporations, which completely ties the hands of the officials running parastatals, and yet, those officials are expected to perform. We are subjecting to the normal bureaucratic system of managing Government. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Honestly, we cannot expect any of these parastatals to be able to do what they were set up to do, with the amount of bureaucracy that we have. It is, therefore, time for us to, really re-think our policies. We live in a modern society, but we have roles which are completely alien to the ways of doing modern commerce. If you look at the way sectors like pyrethrum, coffee, tea and, basically, horticulture operated, you will recall that, that was a system where the market was controlled then. However, we still expect them to perform in a liberalised industry, ... view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, successive Committees have probed into various items, but we find that those people who had been entrusted with positions in Government institutions, be they Ministry Permanent Secretaries (PSs) or senior Government officials or parastatal Managing Directors - myself having been one previously - find their way to Parliament, after having been responsible for massive losses incurred by those institutions. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Despite numerous Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and Public Investments Committee (PIC) reports finding them responsible for such losses and recommending that such persons should not hold any public office, such persons still find their way to public office. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: We come here, we then debate brilliantly about these reports and give suggestions as to how we can rectify these things. When will we get to the time of implementing those reports? Honestly speaking, it is not worth while unless we are prepared, as a House, now that the new Standing Orders are, probably, going to give us that ability, to implement the findings of those reports. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at this Report, you will see that it is not just Kshs3 billion which was lost. There is also an additional Kshs1.5 billion in pending sales. Where has that gone? Do you, honestly, think you are going to entrust the Ministry of Agriculture, if the Ministry is not even bothered by the Report of the Departmental Committee that supervises it? I do not see anybody from the Ministry of Agriculture here. Do we expect the Government to go ahead and do anything about this Report? view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Perhaps, that even Fe bruary 17, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I could very well move to my rightful place. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Sometimes, I am very supportive of the Government and at other times not, and today I am not. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: With that, I beg to support the Report of the Departmental Committee. view