Moses Epainitous Akaranga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Just to add on what I have said, I would like to ask hon. Members to peruse the Report before we come up with the final policy on the issue. view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a good suggestion from the hon. Member. It is, perhaps, one of the feedbacks November 8, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3477 which he should bring to the Ministry. When we are writing the final Report, we will see whether it is reasonable for us to introduce a reward instead of a hardship allowance, or if we should continue with it. This is not a final Report. I just decided to bring it here before we finalise it. view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will start with the last question. If Members go through the report and start questioning why particular districts were not included, without appreciating the criteria which the committee used, I do not think it would be fair to Kenyans. But as I said, this is a draft report. The Members can go through it and give us their feedback. We want to look at it. When we finalise the report, we want to come up with something concrete. Even the issues of HIV/AIDS, which hon. Prof. Ruth Oniang'o came up with, should be taken ... view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is not a question I can answer now because I cannot verify that information. Hon. Munya has even visited my office and when we discussed about hardship allowance, he did not mention about the school. We should be honest with ourselves! view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is obvious; when there is money, everybody wants money in their pockets. view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the two schools hon. Munya has mentioned, I am prepared to look into the issue further. To save the House's time, I would like to invite the hon. Member to my office so that we can go through the report with him and my Permanent Secretary so that at the end of the day, we are trying to solve a problem and provide a quality service. view
• 7 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Government spokesman, who has the official title of Public Communications Secretary and Government Spokesperson, earns a monthly basic salary of Kshs277,960. (b) The other benefits in the renumeration package for the Government spokesperson are as follows: house allowance, Kshs80,000; medical allowance, Kshs2,490; entertainment allowance, Kshs85,000; extraneous allowance, Kshs85,000, and domestic staff allowance, Kshs15,600. This is, therefore, a total renumeration of Kshs546,050 per month. (c) The duties of the Public Communications Secretary are to effectively enhance Government communication with the public. The main thrust is the use of communication to highlight Kenya's ... view
• 7 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member says that Dr. Mutua misled the country. I really do not know how that relates to this particular Question. Secondly, we have not received official communication of results of corruption indices in this country. If the hon. Member has it, let him table it and I will look at it. view
• 7 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is the Government of Kenya which appointed the Government spokesman. view
• 7 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Dr. Mutua has signed a performance contract. In the performance contract there are various objectives which have been laid down. What I have read out are just his key responsibilities. You all know very well that when you give key responsibilities you cannot set them out on pages and pages. So, I am satisfied that what we are paying to Dr. Mutua is reasonable. view