Omingo Magara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, talking about the same compensation and ex-gratia payment, I will talk about the Attorney-General. The most unfortunate thing is that we actually pay 4156 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES December 5, 2006 money without necessarily having to advise the Ministry to pay in good time through the Attorney- General's office. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to say something about the Ministry of Roads and Public Works. I want to draw the House to page 202. There is an issue where, again, pending bills are involved. On page 207, a payment voucher of Kshs323,000 was made and ... view
• 5 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: payment because of interest and balance which was delayed payment. I also want to draw the House' attention to Ziwa-Kitale Road which I did mention on page 212, where roads are done, no value for money is given and the public coffers continue paying. The Committee was appalled by the reckless manner in which the contract was awarded and implemented leading to a loss of K£224 million, an equivalent of Kshs500 million. This is not something that anybody can take for granted. If a Government can lose, with one transaction, Kshs500 million, then we are losing much more. In this ... view
• 29 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Are you satisfied that the Minister, who has just spoken, is not luring the Chair to make an adjustment of its ruling and go back to Order No.7? They lost because they were seriously lobbying and poaching parties at Sheria House. view
• 29 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I commenced moving this Motion yesterday and, therefore, I will spend a little time to recap on what I spent time on yesterday, and then proceed to give a detailed analysis of what our findings were in our Committee that sat in the year 2003 in terms of investigating the accounts for 1998/99. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I had said, there has been "cannibalization". The resources of this country have been "eaten" up by a few sharks. As if that is not enough, that habit continues even now with impunity. It is for ... view
• 29 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is why, in the wisdom of Standing Orders, the Mover of this Motion is given unlimited time because of the volume of the Report. I wish Mr. Michuki does not doze, but instead listens to me! I will move this Motion for a long time! view
• 29 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Far from it, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Mr. Michuki is a senior friend and I respect him. view
• 29 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the HANSARD will bear me out, I never said bla bla bla . That is not my kind of language. I do not know whether that is English language or mother tongue. I said Mr. Michuki needs to hear me since I will be here for a little while! Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, to address Mr. Michuki's concerns, I am not just addressing issues of the Ministry of Roads and Public Works, I am also talking about the Ministries of Finance, Transport, Energy and the Office of the Attorney-General. Yesterday, I talked about State ... view
• 29 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to tell Mr. Michuki, who is my good friend, that, indeed, he was in that system. Since the Government's hand is very long, they are even fishing some people from the archives! That is the only unfortunate thing about them. This was an anomaly by the patrons then. Interestingly, they are still patronising even now. I want to remind my senior friend, Mr. Michuki, whom I respect tremendously, that some people served during the colonial times. They served with the late Kenyatta, former President Moi and they are now serving with ... view
• 29 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am trying to explain why it is not risky to conduct corrupt business. This is because when you are held, you are released. I was giving you an example of the police officers who were being arrested by the members of the public and November 29, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4061 taken to the cells then they were received with golden gloves by their colleagues and set free. This is lack of punitive measures for graft. If we were to penalise people in good time, we could succeed. If it had started coming down, we ... view
• 28 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Public Accounts Committee on the Government of Kenya Accounts for the Year 1998/1999 laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 26th October, 2006. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to start by giving a brief introduction which is: On behalf of the Members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), I take this opportunity to present to the House the Report, Accounts and Recommendations of the Committee for the 1998/1999 Report of the Controller and Auditor-General together with ... view