Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: I hereby table the list. view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Regarding the status of tax deducted from each of the recipients, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) had by 20th November, 2009 received 82 income tax returns from some of the Members. Twenty eight of these had been approved and the refunds view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the reason why it was taxed is because the Minister for Finance had not given it an exemption under the Income Tax Act. This was subsequently done by the Minister in March. That is why by the time they were being deducted, this exemption had not come. But, subsequently, the Minister in his consideration, gave exemption. That is why they are being refunded and some have not been refunded. view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that was in the recommendation of the Cocker Commission, that those who were in Parliament between 1963 and 1983 be paid some ex-gratia payment, between Kshs500,000 to Kshs1 million, but it was not binding on the Government. It was left for Parliament and the Government to consider. Now, the Cabinet sat and decided that they be paid. However, there were Members of Parliament who, between 1963 and 1983 were not re-elected. But when they were subsequently re- elected, they recouped or bought their period of service. Therefore, they are now on pension. view
• 3 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) This matter was referred to the Public Procurement Oversight Authority (PPOA) for review and guidance on the way forward. The PPOA took cognizance of the concerns raised and transferred the procuring authority from KEMSA to the Kenya ICT Board who are more conversant with complex ICT systems. The transfer of the procuring authority is consistent with the authority given to PPOA by law. In particular, Section 27(6) of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2005, provides as follows:- view
• 3 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: “The authority (PPOA) shall have power to transfer the procuring responsibility of a procuring entity to another procuring entity or procuring agent in the event of delay or in such other instances as may be prescribed.” view
• 3 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Section 18(1) of the subsidiary legislation also provides:- view
• 3 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: “Pursuant to the provisions of Section 27(6) of the Act, the Authority may transfer the procuring responsibility of a procuring entity to another procuring entity or procuring agent:- view
• 3 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: (a) where the Authority is of the view that the procuring entity lacks the capacity to comply with the Act or these regulations or the directions issued by the Authority due to size or capacity.” view
• 3 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: (b) Both the second and third Questions were addressed by my colleague, the Minister for Medical Services, Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o, and the requested documents tabled in the House at that time. view