Onesmus Muthomi Njuki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I listened to Members complain about Article 115. It is as if the President is supposed to rubber-stamp what we discuss in this House. The introduction of a new clause shows that Article 115 is critical in ensuring that he enriches what may have emanated from this House. I support this amendment for two reasons. Unlike the other clauses which we were trying to discuss, this is a succession or a transition clause. What should happen if that very important office of the Auditor-General fell vacant is critical. Giving the mandate to the Public Service Commission ... view
• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I listened to Members complain about Article 115. It is as if the President is supposed to rubber-stamp what we discuss in this House. The introduction of a new clause shows that Article 115 is critical in ensuring that he enriches what may have emanated from this House. I support this amendment for two reasons. Unlike the other clauses which we were trying to discuss, this is a succession or a transition clause. What should happen if that very important office of the Auditor-General fell vacant is critical. Giving the mandate to the Public Service Commission ... view
• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. In the interest of time, I will try to be as brief as possible. I am a Member of this Committee that has done a very good job. I would like to commend my colleagues for having burnt the midnight oil to do what has not been achieved by very many Parliaments in very many years. One of the reasons this Committee has been able to deal with very many parastatals is because it discovered there is a certain category of parastatals that were not being audited. It was an assumed rule that we ... view
• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. In the interest of time, I will try to be as brief as possible. I am a Member of this Committee that has done a very good job. I would like to commend my colleagues for having burnt the midnight oil to do what has not been achieved by very many Parliaments in very many years. One of the reasons this Committee has been able to deal with very many parastatals is because it discovered there is a certain category of parastatals that were not being audited. It was an assumed rule that we ... view
• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: look on how we can increase the funding to the Auditor-General because most of the time he complains that he did not have enough personnel and resources to cover all those organisations that should have been covered. view
• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: look on how we can increase the funding to the Auditor-General because most of the time he complains that he did not have enough personnel and resources to cover all those organisations that should have been covered. view
• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: One of the biggest issues, even as the auditors use the private auditors, is the fact that the PIC is like a postmortem body. Most of the time, we unearth very serious issues or malpractices in these parastatals. However, what usually happens with these reports? Are they implemented? What do the bodies that are mandated with ensuring that the money is recovered do? I do not know whether it is the role of the Committee on Implementation of this House. We have had recommendations in the past because this is not the first Report. We have recommended prosecution and recovery ... view
• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: One of the biggest issues, even as the auditors use the private auditors, is the fact that the PIC is like a postmortem body. Most of the time, we unearth very serious issues or malpractices in these parastatals. However, what usually happens with these reports? Are they implemented? What do the bodies that are mandated with ensuring that the money is recovered do? I do not know whether it is the role of the Committee on Implementation of this House. We have had recommendations in the past because this is not the first Report. We have recommended prosecution and recovery ... view
• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: On the other hand, the issue of the irregular transfer of shares by parastatals to private owners has been critical but it has not stopped. Although this may not be in this Report which we are yet to pass, most of the time Government officers collude on behalf of the Government to lose some shares that the Government holds in key parastatals in this country. That reduces the power of the Government in these board meetings because the power in them is dependent on the percentage ownership or shareholding by the Government. That is why the golden rule should be ... view
• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: On the other hand, the issue of the irregular transfer of shares by parastatals to private owners has been critical but it has not stopped. Although this may not be in this Report which we are yet to pass, most of the time Government officers collude on behalf of the Government to lose some shares that the Government holds in key parastatals in this country. That reduces the power of the Government in these board meetings because the power in them is dependent on the percentage ownership or shareholding by the Government. That is why the golden rule should be ... view