Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5281 to 5290 of 6553.

• 10 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know whether the Leader of Government Business is aware that, effectively, as a Parliament, we have roughly about three months to do proper business. That is if you take into account the periods that we will be going on Recess; and if you take into account the fact that the country is already getting into an election mood and very soon, it will be almost impossible to get quorum, especially for the Bills that will require two-thirds majority. view
• 10 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, with that in mind, what is the Government doing to hasten bringing the Bills, especially those with the two-year deadlines, because we are always rushed. But you will find Parliamentarians--- Very soon, there will be nobody to engage in issues of constitutional implementation. view
• 10 May 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is the hon. Minister in order to pre-empt what is likely to happen because he is suggesting that forces of evil are going to win? Is he predicting something? Is he in order to predict that forces of evil will win? Is he suggesting, therefore, that what he is doing is part of the forces of evil? view
• 10 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when I was contributing last I had indicated that we should encourage the Minister for Finance, now that we are on the path to reforms; we should not backtrack on reforms. Last year, the Ministry of Finance did well in bringing the policy statement on time. This year we are backtracking; really there is no good reason or excuse. If you want the country to move forward, we should keep to the legal time lines. We should keep to the provisions of the Fiscal Management Act, which are very positive. I am glad that they have ... view
• 10 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at the statement, it indicates that the expenditure execution fell behind. If I can actually read on page 11, it indicates that “while Kshs89.3 billion was in respect of Development Expenditure and net lending---” and then they go in terms of the monies that were not expended. One of the reasons that are given is because of poor procurement planning for Government funded projects, low absorption of development project funds due to delays in processing and securing no objections from donors. We cannot be asking for money if our absorption capacities are low ... view
• 10 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also want to indicate that I am happy that the Report is cognizant of the fiscal responsibility as entrenched in the Constitution and especially the principle of sharing the burdens and benefits of the use of resources and public borrowing between the present and future generations. I am happy about this. Even though it is constitutional, many people tend to forget our children and I am happy that we notice that our spending now must be responsible for the sake of our children and great grandchildren. That is why I am happy that even ... view
• 10 May 2012 in National Assembly: I would also want to indicate that one of the things that I would have hoped that the Committee spoke a lot about is the issue of diversification. I know that it is in the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) but I want to note, for instance, that if I come from a predominantly fishing community and when the Government puts in money for creating fish ponds, the focus was not in fishing communities and yet the lake is not accessible to everybody contrary to what everybody might believe. It is only accessible predominantly to middle men. Many of the ordinary ... view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I want to support the Report by the Committee. In supporting the Report, I wish to indicate that the Ministry of Finance needs to keep up with the time. We have implemented a new Constitution. We have a law called the Financial Management Act, with very clear timelines. When the Ministry does not follow the time lines, then we almost engage in an exercise in futility. Fortunately, I know that we will have an opportunity later on to remedy this by introducing amendments to the Estimates. I would like ... view
• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am a bit concerned about how casual the Assistant Minister is taking this matter when there is an allegation that a 13 year old boy was assaulted. If, indeed, there are two reports that are emanating from the Government of Kenya, is he trying to show us that there is another parallel Government of Kenya other than the one that we know? If so, would I be in order to request that this Question be deferred so that he comes back and give us a proper answer because we cannot have two documents emanating from ... view
• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we do not want to lose either Jelimo or Oliech. You will notice that the Minister is in charge of Youth Affairs and Sports. There is a reason that they were put together because the people who are involved very heavily in sports are the youth. Could the Minister indicate, in the interim, what he has done because most of those people are as young as 18 and 19? When they come in, they have no information about laws and their rights. What has the Minister done in the meantime, to ensure that these young people ... view