Rev. Mutava Musyimi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, nobody is more aware of that than I am. This is the second Mediation Committee that I am chairing. Indeed, before giving my caution advice, and I thank you for that word, to colleagues here and also to the county governments, I had lengthy conversations with the Principal Secretary and the Cabinet Secretary of the National Treasury this morning, and we are all aware of the other options both on accounts and--- I am aware that the whole process might easily fall flat but life must go on. It is very important that we be seized of the ... view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, now that you have raised the matter, it is important for this House to know that about this time last year, they did approve the whole process of the socio-economic audit of the 2010 Constitution. In the meantime, we know that there is a programme called Okoa Kenya . I do not know which Kenya view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: but that programme is out there. More importantly, in a bipartisan professional process that was put in the public interest, supported by both sides of the House, we set aside quite a bit of money and agreed to have an audit lead by professionals like lawyers, experts in public administration and others using the Kenya National Audit Office. This morning, I was sent by my Committee, and had a session with the team in the Office of the Auditor-General. I can confirm that the interim report of the socio-economic audit of the 2010 Kenya Constitution will be made public at ... view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, you are too sharp for me. I stand guided again, and that is why you sit on that Chair. You are quite right. It will be Tuesday, 19th May at 9.00 O’clock at the Boma Hotel. We shall be having a meeting of the Budget and Appropriations Committee to consider the report from the Committees as we said earlier. So, we decided to take the opportunity to invite the Auditor-General together with other auditors to tell us how we are fairing on. view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: They will tell us how devolution has worked, how the Judiciary has worked and how much we need the Supreme Court. How busy are they? What about the two chambers of Parliament? Are we too big? What about our mandate? What about the county governments, the assemblies, the independent commissions, the national The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Government and the complete work of all the institutions created by the 2010 Constitution. It is the right thing to do for us to come back to our professional duty to audit a process that was so important and for which we worked so hard; we worked very hard to get the 2010 Constitution. It is important to ask ourselves how we are fairing on as a country. This is an important process. As I said, it is led by KENAO. It has people with experience from public administration, lawyers and public finance. We even have a judge of the ... view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Much obliged, hon. Speaker. Would I be in order to inform the House, through you, that the concerns raised by the Leader of the Majority Party were also communicated to the team by me? Would I also be in order to say that I personally The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: went and met with the Speaker of the Senate, Hon. Ekwe Ethuro, to convey the concerns that had come up? Would I be in order to also say, through you, that an interim report is an interim report? The House is not seized of the matter in a conclusive way until the final report is finally tabled before this House. Would I be in order to make those comments? view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. Before I address the matter raised by my colleague from Mbeere North, let me say a word or two concerning my colleague from Kisumu County and tell him that he looks very smart. view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the reason as to why the Budget and Appropriations Committee, in a very bipartisan manner, came up with the recommendation that was adopted by this House was that we were concerned about the way money was being misappropriated by most of the spending agencies. We looked at this matter from a programme point of view. We appreciated the fact that we have a nation that has a new Constitution after almost 50 years. No institution in any country is bigger than its government and people. It stands to reason that any intelligent society will, after four to five ... view