Martin Otieno Ogindo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 671 to 680 of 1112.

• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, secondly, we conduct elections so that we can have a government that is more responsive to the wishes of the people who vote them in. In the past we have seen in this country that our politics is driven by two negative factors. We profess the politics of exclusion. We want to exclude others from the political mainstream. The other reason that underlies the politics of our country is that of dominating others. I think it is time we ran away from this by modernizing our voting system, so that we give Kenyans an opportunity ... view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in view of that, I think it is important for this country to get its priorities right. This will be a single most and milestone step in the right direction. I listened to Mr. Orengo pleading year in, year out, as the Minister for Lands, that we need to digitize our land system. It is important that we do that because every county will be relying on this. So, this kind of data is very important in this era of technology. view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is upon those reasons that I support this Motion. view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Finance the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Why has the Controller and Auditor-General not complied with Article 229(4) of the Constitution which requires the Auditor-General to audit and report on various accounts within six months after the end of each financial year? (b) When will he comply? view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Assistant Minister for the answer. I am glad that the Chair always has two ears – one for consultation and the other for the proceedings. Having said that, the Article being referred to by the hon. Assistant Minister is very accurate. But I want to persuade the Assistant Minister to take this Question seriously. That is because when you look at the transitional and consequential clauses, Article 31 talks of existing offices. Part 1 says:- “Unless this schedule provides otherwise, a person who immediately before the effective date, held or was ... view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Assistant Minister in order to mislead the House that he has a different understanding of the Constitution from the rest of Kenyans? This Article was effective from the promulgation date, which was the 27th August, 2010. Is he in order to mislead this House that the last financial year is exempted from this Article? view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Article I referred to is very clear. Part IV of it says:- “Within six months after the end of each financial year, the Auditor- General shall audit and report in respect of that financial year.” Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what I have in mind here is the financial year 2010/2011. That financial year ended on 30th June. So, there is no question of counting from August. You count from 30th June. Six months later is January this year. We should have a report from the Auditor-General. view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to be very slow on this. I am referring to the Financial Year 2010/2011. view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what I am saying is that the financial year that ended in June last year was 2009/2010. The report of the Auditor-General should be in this House by January this year. The Constitution was promulgated in August last year. view