Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Oct 2019 in Senate: money in the right way? If your expenditure is as per the budget, why would you not submit the documents? The other observation that was extremely worrying, to me, is something called unsurrendered imprest. When we have unsurrendered imprest running into millions of shillings, you ask yourself; is there an accounts department in our counties? Do we have accounts departments that actually watch and inspect their own books to ensure that any officer who is given an imprest comes to surrender it? More worrying is an observation by the Committee that other than the issue of unsurrendered imprest, members of ... view
• 23 Oct 2019 in Senate: executive in the counties believe that there is no need to account to anybody? How can we put them on track so that accountability is part of our life? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the laws that we have are supposed to put us on track. We do not need any other law to put us on track. I thank the Committee because they are very clear on matters they think that concerned officers should be prosecuted on. They have also stated that imprest must be paid by the concerned officers whether they are in office or not. The Report is ... view
• 23 Oct 2019 in Senate: ensure that the public has put in the right inputs, then they are supposed to monitor the expenditure itself. Do the MCAs have the capacity to do all that? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, whereas I believe that the Committee observed very well that the capacity of our MCAs must be built, they have given the job to the wrong group. The report by the CPAIC states that the National Government entities should give the MCAs capacity. I think we need to design another way of building capacity of the MCAs. The Senate must come up with a structured policy of ... view
• 23 Oct 2019 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would. view
• 23 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thought I had ten more minutes. view
• 23 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. for the information. That is good information. We need to ensure that the facility is used because we need to make sure that our MCAs can do what they are required to do. If there will be change in the Constitution, there is one thing that must be changed completely. We need to ensure that the qualification of MCAs is exactly the same as that of the people they are doing oversight on. We realized that there was no qualification cut-off that was given to the Members of County Assemblies ... view
• 23 Oct 2019 in Senate: Finally, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my observation was on payment for incomplete projects. I was hoping I will deal with this issue tomorrow, but now I have two minutes to do so. Incomplete projects are a glaring problem in this country, not just in Uasin Gishu County, but in other counties--- view
• 23 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hold my minutes. view
• 23 Oct 2019 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. As I said, payment of incomplete projects is glaring in my county. Incomplete projects mean we have no value for money. I am happy with the recommendation from the Committee that the responsible persons and contractors be investigated. Before any payment is done, it is important to inspect the project and give its status of completion or otherwise. There seems to be a whole chain of events here. We have a contractor, the accounting officers, the auditors and the accounts department overseeing implementation of the project. Why would they pay for incomplete projects? It is ... view
• 17 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity. I rise, pursuant to Standing Order 48(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries concerning the financial and operational preparedness of the National Cereals and Produce Board view