Mohamed Ibrahim Elmi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the assessment of the World Bank throughout the 15 years of the life of this project confirms their satisfaction with the financial management system of the project. Their comments are “exemplary performance of the project coordination unit”. view
• 6 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: During a meeting in Washington in September, 2011, the Government of Kenya and the World Bank agreed on steps necessary to bring a closure to this audit. I believe that we are near the end of this process. The Treasury and the World Bank are discussing this. I have, therefore, made submissions to the board. view
• 6 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I chose to do this because it would have been easier to say that I was not aware and that money has not been stolen. Since this matter is already in the public domain, having been published in the newspapers, I thought I should use the chance to do this, but I oblige and, therefore, proceed to answer part “b” of the Question. In summary, what I was saying was that there was a difference of opinion in terms of what is called “ineligibility” between the Treasury and the World Bank, but they are sorting out the ... view
• 6 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: (b) No misappropriation has taken place or it is yet to be established. Therefore, no project has stalled as a result. The ALRMP closed in December, 2010. All the micro- projects were completed. An implementation completion report has been sent to the Government of Kenya and the World Bank, and it is rated very highly. view
• 6 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: (c) I restate that no misappropriation of funds has yet been established. My Ministry has engaged with key development partners throughout the audit process, and they are aware of the situation. Nevertheless, they have found ways to continue funding. So, no funding has been stopped as a result of this particular audit. view
• 6 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 6 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, “ineligibility” is different from “misappropriation”. In the World Bank’s terms, “ineligibility” means any expenditure they do not want to pay for. view
• 6 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the reasons that are given in the different areas are varied. In some areas, they say that they do not agree; the details are in my long statement. For instance, in the case of vehicles that were taken to the dealers for service, in accordance with Government of Kenya procedure, you do not need to get quotation for this. In respect of such vehicles, the World Bank said that they did not get quotations. So, they did not approve the expenditure. view
• 6 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: In some cases they were completely inaccurate. For example, they said that money was withdrawn from ATMs, yet the Government does not have ATMs. On investigation, it was established that it was the bank’s error in the statement. At that time, the bank from which money was shown to have been withdrawn using an ATM did not have ATM services. It is little things like these ones that have accumulated. The list is long. view
• 6 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that project was actually successfully completed. When the World Bank brought in the complaint that there was possibility--- In fact, this came as third party complaints. That was how the audit was generated from a professor in the USA, who happened to live in Tana River at the time. So, the project came to an end. Our hope is that we will have another project with the World Bank. view