Martin Otieno Ogindo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance in connection with the sale of Grand Regency Hotel. In the Statement, I would like him to clarify the following issues:- (a) who were the buyers and the sellers of Grand Regency Hotel, and if it was an entity, who the beneficial owners of those entities were; (b) what disposal procedure was used in the process; (c) how much the sale proceeds were, where the money is and how much interest it has earned as at 30th June, 2011; and, ... view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I second. view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise on a point or order pursuant to Article 222 of the Constitution, which says that--- view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Article 222 provides that the Government will have an authority on Vote on Account of not more than 50 per cent. Looking at the Schedule given here, the total Vote is Kshs736,632,345,877. view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am on page 2505. The 50 per cent of that is Kshs368,316,172,938.50. This is a constitutional matter. I had raised this point of order before and I am raising it again. The materiality of the issue notwithstanding, if we go ahead with this Motion, we shall have breached this Constitution. On that account, I ask for your ruling that this Motion be declared unconstitutional. view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. For the information of the hon. Member, my name is “Ogindo” and not “Ogingo”. view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would not wish to disrupt this debate and, particularly, the Chief Whip. However, I would like to seek your guidance. Article 221(6) says that when the Estimates of the national Government Expenditure and Estimates of Expenditure for the Judiciary and Parliament have been approved by the National Assembly, they shall be included in an Appropriation Bill which shall be introduced into the National Assembly to authorize the withdrawal from the Consolidated Fund of the money needed for the expenditure, and for the appropriation of that money for the purposes ... view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was made to do with none of your ears and I was looking for at least one. Now that I have both, may I proceed? To date, this House has not been favored with those records. It is imperative that this is done in view of the transparency that we need in this country. If only there was luxury of time, it would have been my humble suggestion that this issue be dealt with at the Committee level. Nonetheless, I think the relevant Committee is at liberty to look at this thing much more ... view
• 15 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank hon. Kioni for his wise counsel. I rise to support this Motion. I want to thank the Minister for coming up with this Bill. We heard that previously there were attempts to handpick officers into these independent offices. It is now clear that we have a guiding Bill. I want to echo the sentiments by hon. Karua that, indeed, this needs to be enlarged to cover other independent offices. I also want to propose here that the Minister considers including in the interview panel members of ICPAK as a professional body. That ... view