Dr. Patrick Mweu Musimba

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. I listened to the Leader of the Majority Party and the contributions made. It is very important and this is what the Member is trying to bring out as to the order of first in, first out basis. It is possible to budget in one financial year and that is why we have a rush towards the end of financial years for accounting officers to make payments because they do not want reversals to go on for future considerations by the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: As such, being able to put a safe guard to say that if a contract is being carried over from one financial year to the next, those are the people who are getting first priority in terms of payments, we have to be clear especially now when we have austerity measures and have been cutting down budgets. We have not known from those entities to what extent are they being affected. This is where there is materiality in the question which was raised earlier for Hon. Speaker to rule on. To what extent are the proposals being brought out by ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I have read this and we were clear earlier in our contributions. We said the order of precedence is the Constitution, written statutes, and regulations and nothing else. The formative part of this particular amendment moved by the Leader of the Majority Party on behalf of the Treasury sounds fine which is, “Nothing in this Act shall limit the obligation of the public entity to disclose any contract-related information pursuant to the provisions of Access to Information Act 2016.” Thereafter is where things go wrong. It further says “and such other guidelines as may be issued ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: I am very clear in what I am saying. You said that we are here to legislate with free will. The Leader of the Majority Party gave you time and you were heard. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: I want to urge Members in line with the amendments in New Clauses 10 and 11 that we passed, it is going to negate what we are trying to do. To say that any particular public entity can by measure of guidelines have no force in law… You cannot have any other statement after the Access to Information Act, 2016. That is my contribution and I oppose. view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to contribute to this Motion on the Report by the Committee. I agree with the Committee as far as talking about option is concerned. But the backdrop of this initiative was that we are as a country still combated by a heavy load or challenge of unemployment among our youths. The digital dispensation is, indeed, a big reality for this Republic. Even now as we are going through the Blue Ocean Economy Conference, this is one of the realities in terms of geospatial planning. It must become a priority for the Committee as we ... view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: In a nutshell, we need to go broad. The world is at that. Part of the presentations I heard this afternoon were by His Excellency Hassan Joho who was saying that places for visitation in places as basic as in tourism need to be digital friendly. If you are not an Instagram friendly place which simply implies a place not friendly for people to take pictures, you will find it very difficult to attract tourists. So, there will be ease when we adopt these hubs and digital economies. It will grow this Republic of Kenya. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Member ... view
• 20 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: It is important, Hon. Speaker. view
• 6 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Kibwezi West, Independent): I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I stand to support Hon. Osotsi in this amendment. The reasoning which I have heard you cannot negate, in terms of development units, the role of ICT in driving Kenya into a middle level economy. As such, we already have prescribed a way. It is automatic. They still have to make individual cases which will be brought in. To try to negate that Konza has to grow to become a city, there are particular services and allocations which have to be given to support and grow it. As such, I ... view
• 6 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. view