Michael Aringo Onyura

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I also rise to support this Motion. I thank Hon. Wanga for bringing it up. It is very timely. In fact, it should have come yesterday. I also thank Hon. Nyikal for his input in this Motion arising from his wide experience in the medical area. Even the limited statistics Hon. Wanga has used in this Motion are moving and mind boggling seeing that over 18,000 people die from cancer annually in Kenya. Over 82,000 cases are reported annually. If you look at the colossal amount of financial demands that normally face families ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I support the recommendations, particularly on the issues of scholarships and networking with local and international institutions. We should also consider the issue of public-private partnerships so that we can mobilise resources from our development partners and set up the centres. As we invite them to invest in various economic areas, we should also invite them to invest in medical programmes. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I thank you for the opportunity. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: The amendment is fairly straightforward. It clarifies and also makes it easier in terms of implementing the main Bill. For that reason, I support the amendment. 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
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. It is an important law because it gives effect and operationalises one of the constitutional offices. It is expected that Parliament can prepare and legislate to allow it to operate smoothly and effectively as would be expected or as is anticipated by the Constitution. This being one of those regulatory offices that are meant to monitor the efficient, transparent and prudent use of resources, it is something we should all support and give all the instruments and the force it needs to operate. The law provides responsibilities and duties ... view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: fairly reasonably with those fees and in some cases, they raised the fees. There is a lot of money that is floating in the county governments. We expect the Office of the Controller of Budget to go into that and look at areas of weakness that need better control and areas where there are loopholes that are being misused and abused by those entrusted with the offices, so that as we keep moving, devolution meets the expectations of Kenyans. All of us support devolution and we would like to see it work. It ought to work because it has worked ... view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: I am also happy to see that this Bill provides that the Controller of Budget can hire, train and develop and remunerate its own staff and of course, delegate authority as the head of the office feels appropriate. It also provides for secondment of staff either outwards or inwards. This is one way of improving systems in other places that they oversee as well as getting support where the human resource is not sufficient. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: The Bill also gives the holder of the office the power to demand any information, data and any supporting documents to be sure that whoever is acting or whoever is in charge of finances, acts according to the law. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: With those comments, I support the Bill. view
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to this Motion, which I support. Reading through the Report, you come across certain sections that are really depressing in terms of the kind of wastage of resources. Flouting of rules, particularly procurement rules and misuse of office by officers of an institution like the Judiciary which is expected to play a very important role not just in economic development, but also in the fight against corruption and the stability of the country, is very unfortunate. view
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: From the Report, the matter arose after there were some wrangles between some officers in the Judiciary. Perhaps, it is good this happened because it has allowed us to engage the services of the Auditor-General to audit the Judiciary and also the PAC to investigate the goings on at the Judiciary. I want to commend the PAC for doing a very good job. It is a very detailed report and I hope that even those in the Judiciary who are keen and interested in improving and helping the Judiciary will look at it and flag out the loopholes and the ... view