Musalia Mudavadi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to seek the indulgence of the House because I am not yet ready with that response. I will be prepared to respond to it by Wednesday next week. view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to--- view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will now proceed to deliver the Statement on the KKV Programme. view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on Sunday, 23rd October, 2011, the Sunday Nation carried a story entitled “ Kazi kwa Vijana - PM’s Office on the Spot.” The story alleged that the World Bank (WB) had stopped funding the KKV Project and demanded a refund of Kshs971 million as part of its contribution to the project. Let me state categorically from the outset that the WB has not withdrawn its funding for the project, neither has the project been cancelled. The WB has not asked for a refund of any money committed under the project, and I hereby table a copy of ... view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the WB conducted a normal supervision mission on the project in June and July, 2011. The WB issued a draft report which revealed weaknesses in the financial management and arrangements for the project. The report is subject to change after quality assurance reviews and validation. The preliminary findings indicated weaknesses in the internal control procedures at the Project Management Unit (PMU) within the Office of the Prime Minister. These weaknesses appeared to have led to the expenditure that, though it is related to the project, may not be eligible for funding from the proceeds of the WB ... view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in fact, the reference I made to, the Press release was a very short item. I have gone further to start elaborating on the aspects of the KKV programme. I do not think that precludes me from tabling and making available to this House view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: documents to support this particular Statement. It does not in any way negate the fact that further clarification can be made in a subsequent Statement. view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, under the circumstances, let me also take this opportunity to table here financial management supervision report, the one that I refer to, for June. This is an interim and validated report of the in-depth audit reviews from the World Bank. I want to table it, so that the House can benefit from it. view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the World Bank and the Office of the Prime Minister are working together to review the 14 items, which are potentially ineligible expenditure, so as to determine which items are to be financed from the Government of Kenya counterpart funds, or which ineligible payments to staff are to be recovered. A final status report is expected in the next two weeks. The KKV Programme was launched in March, 2009, as a social safety net programme for the grand Coalition Government to tackle the twin problems of hunger and unemployment. The key objective of the KKV was to ... view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: As an emergency intervention, the KKV 1 Project were, therefore, selected on the basis of their labour intensity, ability for immediate roll out, locations in rural and urban areas experiencing food shortages, and environmental compliance. The KKV projects were implemented directly by line Ministries, and a project co-ordination unit within the Office of the Prime Minister had the responsibility for the project’s overall co-ordination, oversight, monitoring and evaluation. In the Financial Year 2008/2009, the Government contributed Kshs2.8 billion to the KKV Phase 1. In the Financial Year 2009/ 2010, the Government committed, Kshs4.3 billion to KKV I. About 68 per ... view