Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 581 to 590 of 1648.

• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: (b) In the next Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) budget, Financial Year 2012/2013, 2013/2014 and 2014/2015, the ceiling for the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security has been projected at Kshs65,889,642,900, Kshs68,500,000,000 and Kshs69,795,256,600 respectively. With this allocation, the Ministry should be in a position to enhance allocation to facilitate staffing and operations and maintenance for the new administrative units. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to agree with the hon. Member, that actually this matter be deferred, so that we refer it to the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security for a better answer. This is because I might not be in a position to satisfy the hon. Member. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will do that; I will comply. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that death gratuity of Kshs162,699.35 due to the estate of the deceased was paid to the Assistant Public Trustee, Kakamega, on 16th September, 2005 vide Cheque No.322582 and the next of kin, Mrs. Florida Omukania Malengo, has acknowledged receipt of the payment. It may, however, be noted that the dependants’ pension, due to the children of the deceased former teacher is yet to be paid following failure of Mrs. Florida O. Malongo to avail the original birth certificates for verification and letters from schools and colleges to ... view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we shall endeavor to do that. We are using the normal Government channels through the Provincial Administration and our pensions local staff to try and reach the families. However, sometimes, there are difficulties, particularly when it comes to third parties. It is not a direct benefit of pension, but the person whose relatives are being given the money is dead and it takes time to identify these people. Sometimes there is competition between the beneficiaries and so on. We shall, however, endeavor to make sure that all the information that is required reaches the would-be ... view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we will do that immediately we receive all the documents. I will make sure that the beneficiaries get their dues. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, within 30 days of the receipt of the documents. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Member is right that it took a bit of time. The teacher whose case we are talking about now died in 2002 and the payments to the next of kin were made in 2005. But we, as a Ministry, or the Pensions Department, do not pay until we get all the documents from the concerned civil service department. In this particular case, it was the TSC. The TSC finished the identification of the beneficiaries in 2005; when they submitted to us the documentation. We promptly paid the person concerned. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is true. There has been a problem of records because they have been manual. However, the Pensions Department has completed computerization and we hope that those cases will reduce substantially. We have improved the system of record keeping. view
• 4 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to oppose this Report. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I oppose this Report because the De La Rue issue is a Government issue and not individuals. It was not an issue of Kimunya, Uhuru Kenyatta, the late Michuki or any other Minister. This is an issue which was arrived at because, as you know, printing of notes is not printing newspapers or making some burgers. This is a security issue and when you discuss the question of cost, you cannot impute when somebody is doing his job in good faith and cancelling a ... view