Samuel Onunga Atandi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: From the outset, I oppose the amendment by Hon. Owen Baya. The Public Accounts Committee has done a very good Report. I want to reiterate that if we begin to mutilate this Report in the manner that we are doing, we are going to be ashamed. The amendment that has been proposed by Hon. Baya appears to portray us as gatekeepers for some corrupt public servants. The Committee has clearly explained to us about the Principal Secretary who was in charge when this matter occurred. As a House, we are trying to remove her name. Are we saying that we ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to ventilate on this Report. From the word go, I would like to congratulate the Public Accounts Committee led by the able Chairman, Hon. Opiyo Wandayi, for the great work that they have done. This Report is very fundamental for us. As you are aware, the Division of Revenue Bill heavily relies on this Report. County governments have accused us of not finalising the various audits of Government financial reports to facilitate more resources going to the counties. I applaud the Committee because with the manner in which they ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have gone through this Report and few issues have come up. One, there is under-expenditure that has come out clearly in this Report. You find that under-expenditure occurs because of the untimely release of money from the Exchequer. In all Government operations in ministries and even here in the National Assembly, the resources are not released in time in most cases. The Exchequer does not release money in time. This under- expenditure has caused delay in implementation of various programmes. Most of these programmes are carried out in the successive financial years. This is very ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: The other issue that is very clear in this Report is that there are weak internal controls in Government. Despite the existence of the much touted IFMIS, Government financial operations are still largely manual. This is reflected in the number of errors and irregularities that have been captured here in every ministry. There are errors and irregularities that have been detected. A lot of Government operations are still manual. This is the reason you find that a lot of ministries are setting up ad hoc committees to look at certain operations that are not matching. The expenditure is not matching ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: The other issue that has also come out which is tied to corruption is that there are so many unsupported payments that continue to be done in various Government agencies and ministries. There are many examples of payments that were done but there are no vouchers, receipts and supporting documents. This is very serious because it is at the heart of corruption in Government. I am happy because the Committee has made very decisive recommendations which some Members have tried to water down through various amendments that have gone The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: through. I am thankful to the Committee because of reprimanding the accounting officers. This is very fundamental because this House must have a voice. Because we oversee the Executive, we must be able to reprimand accounting officers properly. view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: The other issue that I have observed in this Report is that the Committee has recommended decisive measures that should be undertaken by various agencies. One of the agencies that have been given a lot of prominence in this Report is Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission. I have made an observation which I want to read. If you go to the Report on page 466, there are recommendations by the Committee on the financial reports of the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development. One of the recommendations that has been given out here is that the EACC should expedite ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: The other recommendation on page 467 is that EACC should expedite completion of investigation of irregularities in the retention funds for Financial Years 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009 and 2009/2010. We are in the Financial Year 2018/2019 right now. This is almost 10 years down the line. I am aware that the new Chief Executive Officer of EACC is being recruited right now. This House must ensure that the capacity of EACC is enhanced. If we are talking about asking EACC to investigate matters of 2006 right now, when will they investigate matters of 2010, 2013 and 2011? We are talking about ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: As a House, we must be serious and ensure that we give EACC capacity to investigate some of these issues. It is very clear and we all know that EACC does not have the capacity and resources required to investigate national Government as well as county governments. Today, EACC only moves into investigations if a matter has been raised in the media or if there is a matter of political interest. The EACC must get competent people to do this job. If we go this way, then as a House, we are not going to rein in on corruption which ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I have also observed that some recommendations and the amendments that were tabled before the House are recommending that the Auditor-General undertakes further audits. We know very well that audit exercises are questions of resources. We have not appropriated resources to the Auditor-General to continue undertaking further audits that we are requesting. We are being unfair to the Auditor-General. The current Auditor-General of this country, Mr. Edward Ouko, is probably one of the most competent auditors in Africa. Therefore, as a House, we should not come here to begin to doubt the reports that have been tabled here by our ... view