Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1341 to 1350 of 1925.

• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, yesterday, I was requested to make a Ministerial Statement on the loss of Kshs4.2 billion for the Free Primary Education (FPE). view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Education Sector Support Programme was started in 2005 and involved the Government of Kenya and various partners, namely Department for International Development (DFID), World Bank, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Government of Belgium, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), World Food Programme, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Government of Japan. The contributions of each of these organizations other than the USAID and the Government of Japan were pooled in one basket and managed through the Joint Financing Agreement (JFA). The implementation of this programme ... view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: 1. The extended forensic audit was to cover a period between 1st July, 2005 and June, 30th 2009. view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: 2. It was to be undertaken in two stages, the first stage desk or offsite reviews and focus on tracking of disbursements for FPE funds, from the Consolidated Fund to the Ministry of Education, then to commercial banks up to the respective schools bank accounts. If you examine that report, which was tabled yesterday, it will give schematic representation on the flow of funds. 3. The second stage involved making physical on site visits--- view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: It is just two pages, I will summarise it! It is very important that I make this point very clear, on the basis of flying stories all over the place! view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I became the Minister for Education in 2008. Less than 12 months despite the preoccupation with the Serena National Accord and Reconciliation talks and students strikes, I was able to detect this discrepancy in accounting procedures leading to the extended forensic audit, together with the support of the development partners. It is important to note that the draft report was given to my Ministry on 10th November, to respond to key issues that had been raised by the audit team. Originally, the figure queried by the auditors stood at Kshs8.2 billion. This was scaled down ... view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: (i) Documentary evidence from various banks indicated that whereas funds were remitted to school accounts, they were banked in different bank accounts; view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: (ii) Beneficiary schools did not have TSC codes. view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: (iii) Payment to schools which are not TSC registered, view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: (iv) Similar beneficiary bank account numbers, but different schools. One beneficiary account number, but different schools. view