Mary Emaase Otuch

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 May 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, once more for this opportunity. I appreciate the concerns raised by Hon. Midiwo and echoed by most of the Members who have spoken, but I am surprised that they seem to suggest that the Budget and Appropriations Committee should not have made any variations. The information I wanted to give to the House is that the Budget and Appropriations Committee largely adopted the recommendations of the Departmental Committee and only did very minimum variations. If you imply that the Budget and Appropriations Committee should not have varied anything, then that begs the question, are we a ... view
• 27 May 2015 in National Assembly: We also felt, as a committee, that for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it was punitive to reduce their budget because the CS did not appear before the Committee. We were not given justification as to why the budget was drastically reduced. Some of us have travelled to foreign embassies. Some of those embassies are in a pathetic state. So the Committee declined to accept the recommendations of those committees. Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee who are here can attest to the fact that we largely adopted the recommendations of the Departmental Committees, especially those of the Departmental ... view
• 27 May 2015 in National Assembly: To speak to the issue of consultation and consulting the Executive, our Chairman got the permission from the Committee to consult the President as well. The President is a stakeholder in view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, by defining, this specifies exactly who are the beneficiaries of the Act so that we do not have any “Designated State Officer” claiming to benefit from this Act. So, it gives us the clarity that we need in the Act. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Supplementary Budget. I want to go straight to the satisfactory conditions that we looked at, as a Committee. I support the Motion as moved by the Committee Chair. In particular, I want to touch on the issue of operations and maintenance. The total amount of Kshs10,421 million which has been allocated for operations and maintenance, is too much. The Supplementary Budget is basically meant to address unforeseen expenses that had not been budgeted for. When we have such a huge allocation for operations and ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: expenses relating to pending bills are supposed to have been budgeted for. If a function is budgeted for, funds should be available for it. Therefore, we should not continue having pending bills in or budgets. For example, if you are paying an employee, you should remit the PAYE component of that payment directly to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). If you are paying a supplier, you should be able to remit the corresponding portion of the tax to KRA. So, why do we continue to see pending bills in our budgets? The accounting officers should be answerable. This House has ... view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support the amendment. By removing the word “a” and replacing it with “that”, that actually specifies that you will only be prohibited from doing business with that particular entity The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: which you are associated with. It opens the door for all citizens to do business with any other entity apart from the one they work with. That is a good amendment. I support it. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support the amendment. It is important because the person who had tendered may need some information to be communicated to him with regard to the proceedings. So, it is important that this clause is introduced to give room for further communication. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I had wanted to contribute to the previous clause. view