Martin Otieno Ogindo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, with your permission, if you allow, I just wanted to add on to what hon. Boni Khalwale has said so that it goes to the same Minister for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030. view
• 10 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in addition to what hon. Khalwale has said, could the Minister also provide to this House in his statement the profile of the technical auditors that the association is relying on and their qualifications so that we can appreciate the work they are doing because of the damage they have caused? view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support the Committee Report on the Budget Policy Statement. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to start by regretting the level of participation in this important subject. It is with a lot of pain that when it comes to voting on this, you will see hon. Members coming in droves and voting without really appreciating the substance of the Report. The same goes even for the Estimates. I want to urge my colleagues to really take this matter seriously, because when it comes to our responsibility in this House, as representatives of the ... view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: Presently, what we have are financial analysts. I believe that when we fully get into our presidential system of Government, then the need for a strong Budget Office will be more than clear. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, having said that, I want to say that in the Budget Policy Statement, every time, our focus has always been on the expenditure side. We want to see where money goes to. However, it is important to look at the other side of the coin which is the revenue side. It goes without saying that there cannot be expenditure without revenue. The need ... view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: I want to urge this House that we consider making adequate provisions for infrastructure development if at all we are true to the spirit and the intentions of the Constitution as far as devolution is concerned. We need to bite the bullet and make adequate provisions. Attempts have been made but we still have not conclusively believed in the Constitution. At this point, I want to urge the Front Bench to support our recommendations which are bound to come shortly with the review of the Estimates; that adequate provisions be made to accommodate the two levels of Government. The other ... view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is very reflective for the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) to have started with the allocation of revenue among the counties. What ought to have been is a division of revenue between the two levels of Government. Even before that is done, it is important for this county to appreciate how we project, collect, record and safeguard our revenue. It is important that as we allocate revenue between the two levels of Government – the Constitution says that money shall follow functions. Up to this point in time, we are not sure what steps have ... view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my profuse apologies and I recognize Mr. Deputy Speaker and hitherto will not make that mistake, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to point out that in the allocation of revenue, due recognition ought to be made of the two aspects of expenditure, namely; the Recurrent Expenditure and the Development Expenditure. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, while I appreciate--- view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am out of order. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker--- view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will bear with me. I have had the gracious lady here for a long time. view