Sospeter Ojaamongson

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to confirm that all the permanent employees have been paid all their dues except for the ten who have a small dispute. The casual workers have, however, not been paid because there is a trade dispute. The Union brought in some issues which were not binding with the agreement as view
• 19 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think that is a very different Question. I had not researched on KENATCO. view
• 19 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Labour Officer, Kisumu, started acting on this matter on 21st April 2009. Personally, I am going to follow it up and in a fortnight, I should be able to give this House the outcome. view
• 19 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to second the Vote on the Office of the Prime Minister. First, I want to wish the Prime Minister well because the job he is engaged in is a very difficult and intricate job. At one time, he even said here in Parliament that he was prepared to pay a political price. With regard to whatever he is doing in Mau Forest, which is part of his mandate, he will not mind even if it will cost him his political future. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is ... view
• 19 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on this matter, I know that the Prime Minister has the capacity to implement. Unfortunately what he requested for or his planned activities have been cut down by almost 60 per cent. We appeal that depending on how he will perform with the little money that we have given him now, when the Supplementary Budget comes, we shall push so that he gets more money. He should then be able to track down these civil servants so that they deliver services to people. The issue of the Mau Forest falls under the Office of the ... view
• 18 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Vote for the Ministry of Finance. This is a key Ministry which allocates funds to various Ministries. We appreciate that. Early this year or late last year, Members of Parliament tried to partner with the Ministry of Finance so that we can also be involved in the budget-making process. We wanted to put in our input. However, the Ministry was very reluctant and the media took it up and hit at Members of Parliament. The media accused us of wanting to “eat” that money. ... view
• 18 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: There is a lot of wastage and theft of funds which we, the ordinary people, cannot detect. The accountants in the districts and the people in charge of audit are aware of this fact but they are reluctant to reveal this information. If you audited the various accounts in the district keenly, you will find that 60 to 80 per cent of the money is wasted or returned to the Treasury. I wish the Ministry could tighten auditing of funds in the various districts so that this money is not wasted. view
• 18 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I come from a place where there are two entry points into Kenya and the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officials do very well there. I am talking about the Malaba and Busia border points. It is unfortunate that the employees, from senior officers to casual employees like sweepers, are people from outside that area. My constituents ask me; “Why should the KRA bring people from very far to do even small jobs that can be done by the locals?” I appeal to the KRA to, at least, have some corporate responsibility by ensuring that clerical ... view
• 18 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Recently, the Permanent Secretary, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance said that he will form Committees to oversee the CDF Committees in the constituencies and yet the money from the CDF is too little. Why do they not form committees to oversee how almost Kshs800 billion that is left with the Ministry is used? Why do they want to form oversight committees to oversee only 2.5 per cent of their budget? Let us have our priorities right! This is the case and yet they keep on inciting the public that hon. Members are “eating” their money. ... view
• 18 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Finally, with regard to the KRA, the public needs basic education in matters related to it. Some of us do not know which taxes we should pay. If you open a business, you operate in darkness. As a Member of Parliament who has gone to school, I find the KRA very mysterious. Let the KRA educate people so that they can understand the taxes view