Dr. Paul Otuoma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 161 to 170 of 412.

• 22 May 2012 in National Assembly: Hon. Chanzu, you are right. Initially, the Fund was given Kshs1 billion to start off with. It was envisaged that, that will continue at the rate of Kshs1 billion, and also continue to be enhanced by other development partners. But what has happened is that the Government reduced that amount to almost half. I have been arguing with my Parliamentary Committee that we need to work on how to go back even to the Kshs1 billion funding. That is because in six years now, we should be at the level of Kshs6 billion. But you could see from my presentation ... view
• 22 May 2012 in National Assembly: Hon. Njuguna, I think I touched on what you said. You asked about what triggered that misinformation. I just want to say that the Youth Enterprise Fund, being a financial institution, what has been happening to it is very unfair. People are just talking without verifying with the relevant bodies on what is exactly happening. I had a team of people purporting to be the National Youth Council, while we all know that the National Youth Council elections have not been done because we were taken to court. So, we could not continue to finish the process. We stopped at ... view
• 22 May 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 16 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that M/S Rabmas Enterprises, the contractor at Sinai Youth Polytechnic, has abandoned the construction works. I, however, acknowledge that the construction work at the youth polytechnic has been going on at a very slow pace due to unavoidable circumstances, which have made access to the site very difficult. (b) The roofing of the three twin workshop in the above facility has been completed. As a matter of fact, the roofing work has been going on in spite of the difficult circumstances the contractor was experiencing in the ... view
• 16 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the information I have here, this contract was beyond Kshs10 million. According to the procurement regulations, it had to be advertised in the newspapers, so that any contractor who was interested could bid. The document that I have with me here shows the payments and the amounts. I wish to table it. view
• 16 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my Ministry is not responsible for setting these public procurements rules. According to the rules, this was advertised. The tendering process was followed and this person was appointed. view
• 16 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I have stated earlier, my Ministry is not responsible for setting the procurement procedures. The hon. Member knows that this House makes the rules. If we have to change the rules on how public procurement should be done, differently from what it is currently, then we have to initiate that in this House. view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sorry for that. Mr. Khaniri was engaging me. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that there are many graduates from the NYS who have not been given training opportunities due to the fact that the initial intake to the basic training is more than 5,000 young men and women each year, all of whom cannot be absorbed into the service training institutions at the same time. I am, however, not aware that there are graduates who have stayed for too long to the extent of several years after passing out ... view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: (c) To ensure that there is transparency in admission of the NYS trainees to various courses, the Ministry has put in place the following measures: constitution of a selection panel representing all NYS training institutions, and ensuring merit in the selection process based on the qualification and individual course choices. view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, under the Act of Parliament under which the NYS was set up, these youths are recruited and given para-military training for six months. The earlier mandate was that they were also to serve as reserve forces for the Republic of Kenya. However, over the years, because of the demand, we have been absorbing almost over 5,000, yet our 16 vocational training institutes can only accommodate 1,800 at a time. So,we have to extend their services in the national duty building. Therefore, some can even go for up to two years. However, you must realize that once they ... view