Martin Otieno Ogindo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 621 to 630 of 1112.

• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. There has been a ruling in this House that underscored the role of Parliament in the budget-making process. The Minister is claiming here that the role of Parliament is suspended. The role of Parliament as articulated in Article 221(4) says that Parliament shall discuss and review. The operational words there are “discuss” and “review”. Is he in order to mislead this House that this has been suspended? view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: No, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, sometime last week, I rose here and sought a Ministerial Statement from the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance in relation to the sale of Grand Regency Hotel. The undertaking was that the Ministerial Statement would be delivered today. The House was seized of this matter and the House remains anxious. I rise to seek your guidance on how to proceed. view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Assistant Minister in order to subject this ordinary Kenyan to unnecessary delay when the Board is an internal organ of the Ministry which can be directed to expedite a case instead of waiting for some other cases whose origin is not known? It has take more than ten years for this case to be determined. Is he in order to infringe on the rights of this officer? view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, could the Assistant Minister clarify which firm he has referred to in this written reply as Kenya Power Company? Which company is that and is it a Government or private company? If it is a private company, did it take up the liabilities? view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Assistant Minister in order to evade a simple question as to whether the new private company took over the liabilities even if the guarantee still stands? view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The reason why we are belaboring this point is because there is a tendency where Government parastatals are allowed to take loans and then they are privatized, leaving the Government to repay the loans. This is making our Budget very rigid in terms of servicing these loans. Could the Assistant Minister come out clearly and tell us what the policy of privatizing these parastatals is in terms of their liabilities, so that we do not end up with a Government that is paying debts while the parastatals are going scot free? view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Minister for Finance is notorious for taking up debts that ordinarily should not belong to it. Recently, we heard that the pending bills were securitized. These were bills that were pending to individuals. Now the Ministry is taking up these guaranteed loans. Is the Assistant Minister in order to be taking up these guaranteed loans and the pending bills at the expense of social services in this country? view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The thrust of hon. Eseli’s point of order was on the time lines. If you were to rule on the time lines, the Committees will be more than willing to take up their mandate. view