Nelson Ributhi Gaichuhie

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Those were the proposed headquarters of the various counties. As a Committee, after consulting in those two departments, we rejected the Bill on the premise that people should be left alone to suggest where their headquarters should be, knowing very well that counties have their own governors and administration. We have said that we need devolution to let the people decide and consult widely. As a Committee, we rejected this Bill. I want to ask Members to consider this Bill. They are free to decide whether they need their urban areas to be in that area. It is a Bill ... view
• 5 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 3 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I stand under Standing Order No. 96. (1) which provides that:- view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me a chance to stand and support this Bill. I would say this is a timely Bill. I think the intent of this Bill is to align the Office of the Auditor-General with the new Constitution. Actually, it seeks to repeal the Kenya National Audit Office (KENAO). I want to say that this Bill is very timely because an Auditor-General is somebody who is supposed to be very independent, and is somebody who is supposed to be taking good care of public finances. view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: I want to say that currently we are doing programme-based budgeting, and we can do performance auditing by basing our audit on the programmes that have been budgeted for; that will be the best kind of audit that we should be focusing on. view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: This Bill also creates an Office of the Senior Deputy Auditor-General, who will be in charge of administrative work in the office. Currently, the auditor is the overall and is doing everything. The creation of this kind of office will assist the auditor to perform his duties in a prudent way. We are also seeking to enable the Auditor-General to recruit more competent staff to audit the 47 counties and the national Government. Since we now have many governments, we need to have competent auditors doing everything. view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: When it comes to security audit I beg to differ; they say that anybody auditing a security agent should be of the rank of a Deputy Director. I think an Auditor-General 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
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: should have a team to enable him audit. If you say a Deputy Director will be the only person who can audit a security agent, I do not think that this office has enough Deputy Directors. They should even vet the team that the Deputy Director should head. view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when you look at Clause 42(d), it particularly exempts the audit of some individuals. This, I think, is not in line with--- It will be unfair if the information would unfairly prejudice commercial interests of anybody. That will be giving a leeway to persons. Clause 45 on considering reports in three months is very good. Once these reports are brought to Parliament, they should be debated and considered within a period of three months. We should not stay with them. Clause 47 gives the auditor six months after a financial year to complete audit. You realize ... view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: This Bill also gives the Auditor-General leeway to give special reports to this House in the course of a financial year. He does not have to wait until we are at the end of a financial year before he gives reports. If we get these special reports in between the financial year, I believe we will have value for money, because we can intervene where there is a problem. I think that is a very good thing. Clause 59 of the same Bill again provides for a confidential reporting of an unlawful act. It provides that people can give confidential ... view