Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that could be done. However, the cost must be considered. The coins last for a very long period. Once you print them, they last for a very long period. However, the notes wear out very quickly and, therefore, the cost is enormous. The coins are, therefore, still a substitute for the notes. view
• 3 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are many other ways of keeping coins. You do not have to keep them in your pockets. However, if you do and they damage your pockets, we will advise you to use other ways of keeping the coins. view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a)In the course of implementation of the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS), a few challenges were encountered and resolved as they emerged. Regrettably, this led to delay in payment of October 2009 salaries for a few Ministries and departments. However, this cannot be described as an acute problem. (b)Ministries have now been properly trained in the use of the system and the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has been requested to monitor banks taking unnecessarily too long to credit employees’ or suppliers’ accounts. Ministries have also been instructed to maintain an accurate database ... view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in respect of the salaries he is talking about, there is no problem at all in liquidity to pay salaries. view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the system is meant to reduce human contact in delivering services or payments to the suppliers, particularly. This is meant to reduce abuse and corruption, but I cannot give an assurance that human beings will not invent some ways of trying to defeat this. What I know is that the intention is actually to reduce human contact in transactions, so that payments are smooth, and there is no way of people trying to hide others’ cheques and so on. view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the system is meant to act within a day. Once the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) gets instructions of the correct account, it transfers money the next day. If it receives instructions today, the next day money is transferred to the banks. But in my answer here I have said that there are some banks which delay in remitting money to individuals who are supposed to get it. But the CBK is taking action to streamline this. view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: He is introducing the issue of CDF. Can you clarify the--- view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, My Ministry remits money for payment to the constituency staff to Parliament, and it is Parliament which does the payments there. As far as I am concerned, we do not have any shortage of money to pay the staff. We do not pay the staff of the constituencies directly from the Ministry. view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 26 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Following the enactment of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2005, the Public Procurement and Oversight Authority (PPOA) started operations in January, 2007. The first year consisted of setting up of structures under the overall guidance of a Technical Assistant in the institution who performed the duties of the Director-General on an interim basis. The Public Procurement and Oversight Advisory Board was constituted in October, 2007, and embarked on the recruitment of a substantive Director-General in 2008. On conclusion of the process, none of the candidates was found suitable. The Board is ... view