Martin Otieno Ogindo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1031 to 1040 of 1112.

• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Chairperson for giving me this opportunity. You will remember that when the Supplementary Appropriation Bill was brought to the House the other time, objections were raised with regard to inconsistencies. I trust and believe that those inconsistencies are correct today. Madam Temporary Deputy Chairperson, in view of the fact that these books were brought yesterday and this House has a mandate to scrutinise the Budget, but did not have time to do so--- In view of the fact that I am the Chair of the Budget Committee which does the scrutiny of the Budget on ... view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairperson, could I get a confirmation from the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance as to whether the figure on Vote 1, on the Supply Column which reads “Kshs1,530,196,800 is, indeed, consistent with the one in the Revised Supplementary Estimates? view
• 19 May 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chair, I also support this amendment. This is because this House will remain at liberty to direct its Committees on a need basis. I beg to support. view
• 19 May 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairperson, I beg to move:- view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to second this Motion. Allow me to say this from the onset. I would like to implore on my fellow hon. Members that we are in this House more or less like the Board of Directors of this nation. I want to urge hon. Members to engage more often in issues that will provide light to this country more than the “heat” that we feel. What we have before the House is as a result of query that sought to determine whether there were discrepancies and if, perhaps, that could have led ... view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Where figures are involved, you can only validate them using figures. You cannot validate figures with words. As has been articulated by my Co-Chairman, hon. Okemo, we endeavoured to find out and indeed, we found out and we are confirming to this view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have left that line. I want to urge hon. Members that this was very important and I know it was of much interest to the country at large. Too much heat does not serve this nation. We would achieve much if we could expend our energies on showing light to this nation. With those few remarks, I beg to second. view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the whole essence of a forensic audit is to determine whether what we are using as a Budget programme is, indeed, reliable. Secondly, it is to determine through reconciliation, which we could not do because of shortage of time and lack of expertise, whether funds could have been misapplied. view