Musalia Mudavadi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 971 to 980 of 1008.

• 29 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, hon. Ojode has given a very legitimate and honest answer. view
• 29 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: So, I beg the hon. Member to be patient until Tuesday, so that he can get the response. view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me once again apologise for not having been here when the Question was asked the first time. However, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, it is true that the Clerk and the Treasurer are the sole signatories of the council funds. This is because the Local Government Act, Cap.265, sections 129 and 130 mandate them to be signatories to the council funds. Secondly, they are the chief officers or executives and finance officers as mandated by the above mentioned sections. Part III of the Third Schedule provides that the Treasurer shall be the accountant, the ... view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have stated that there is a valid argument in what the hon. Member is saying. However, I have also said that the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2005, that was passed by this House, indeed, has some flaws and it will be necessary for us to review the clauses in that particular Act in order to facilitate an element of broader participation at the level of local authorities. I agree that it is wrong to completely lock October 22, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2893 out the local representatives from those committees. view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, first and foremost, the law is as it is now, is markedly unfair. I have, in the meantime, instructed that all processes and procedures must also be made available to the relevant committees of the council. It could be the Finance Committee or the ones involved in overseeing projects or programmes. This must be done and I have instructed the local authorities to do so. However, the right thing that must be done is to strictly amend the Public Procurement and Disposal Act and allow for the inclusion of these leaders in the tender committees. view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have stated quite a number of times and I state again, that we are going to bring broad-based amendments to the Local Government Act, Cap.365 which will help in the management of local authorities. view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is this Parliament that has tied my hands because it is the one that passed the Public Procurement Act which we must now follow. Now, the only way to untie my hands is to bring amendments to that Bill here, so that the entity that tied our hands can untie them. view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have said that I have already communicated to the local authorities that we want all the information made available to the civic leadership in all the local authorities. I have also addressed all the chief officers and told them not to hide anything from the councillors in their respective jurisdictions because they must have full knowledge of what is going on. 2894 PARLIAMETARY DEBATES October 22, 2008 view
• 21 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Currently, the law does not provide for the granting of city status to municipal councils in Kenya. (b) The Municipal Council of Kisumu has not been granted a charter for city status because October 21, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2833 the formalisation of its current status is not yet complete. (c) My Ministry is in the process of amending the Local Government Act to formalise the upgrading of the Municipal Council of Kisumu to a city. view
• 21 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is the Ministry of Local Government that ought to formalise those pronouncements. It is true that on 15th December, 2001, Kisumu was declared a city. It was followed by Mombasa on 1st January, 2002. As I said earlier, the law does not provide for granting of city status to municipal councils in Kenya. We are going to make amendments to facilitate that. view