Uhuru Kenyatta

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• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. May I, if you will allow me, answer him in one specific issue that is contained in my Report. The fact that a Ministry in which he is the Minister is actually holding this Committee's work because the audit Report for the 18 projects we are referring to in this Report were actually submitted to his Ministry a long time ago. Why has he not laid those Reports on the Table so that we can deliberate on them? Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issue here, as you have correctly stated, is not about an individual, and ... view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: That is my former Chairman, and I thank him. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have also recommended in our Report that the Standing Orders Committee, which we understand has not met for a long time, must urgently ensure that Standing Order No.161, which prohibits premature publication of evidence, is re-examined. Why have we recommended this? It is because we Members of Parliament have been constantly accused of talking to the media and leaking information to it. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wonder why it should be viewed that way and yet we have already agreed that we should have live ... view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, all major Government projects, whether security-related or otherwise, and of a certain magnitude, must receive Cabinet approval. As a Committee, we found it incredible to be told that Kshs2.3 billion or more could be signed out so easily and yet when officers responsible are asked to explain, all they could say is: "I did not know of it. I was misled." It is, therefore, the Committee's view that projects of a certain magnitude must receive Cabinet approval. The Cabinet must be briefed about such projects. By extending the number of people who are aware of what is ... view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to request Mr. Kipchumba who has acted as a Vice-Chairman in our Committee to second this Motion. view
• 4 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Public Accounts Committee on April 4, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 277 Special Audit on procurement of passport issuing equipment by the Department of Immigration, Office of the Vice-President and Ministry of Home Affairs laid on the Table of the House on 28th March 2006. ABOLITION OF TAXES ON SUGAR view
• 28 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first and foremost audit queries do not die. Audit queries remain until they are adopted or a decision is taken by this House as to what is to happen with regard to those queries. What the House did in rejecting this report, our understanding as the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is that we brought back the report to the PAC and I think there have been examples of that being done in the past. On the basis of new evidence, given the fact that audit queries do not die, the PAC resubmitted on a report on the ... view
• 28 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Consequently it is indeed our hope in tabling again that this House will adopt the report by the PAC and thereby deal now permanently with the audit query that is in question. That is our understanding. view
• 28 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to speak on the Presidential Address on the opening of the Fifth Session of the Ninth Parliament. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a return back to the House after a very long break during which Kenyans went through something they had never experienced before in terms of the referendum that was held on the proposed new Constitution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to take this opportunity to thank the millions of Kenyans who participated in that referendum for the peaceful manner in which it was conducted, and also for the ... view
• 28 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we cannot ignore the fact that when Kenyans spoke in rejecting the draft Constitution, they did it not because they did not have a desire for a new constitution. They rejected that draft constitution because there was no adequate consultation as to the content of that document. view
• 28 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in your own words during the opening of this Session, you said that time had come for us as leaders to dialogue with one another and to consult. It is through dialogue and exchange of ideas that solutions are reached. But for dialogue to take place, and we have experience in trying to dialogue prior to the Referendum, there must be a conducive environment. It is important for me to say that without developing dialogue, the many issues touched on by the President, in his Speech, will not be achieved. In the very same breath, a ... view