Wycliffe Oparanya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 141 to 150 of 472.

• 6 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the basic procedure of opening an account is that you forward the minutes, plus the signatory card from that bank attached. The signatories are supposed to sign the card and have it attached to the minutes. That is what I said. The District Accountant must have signed the bank’s signatory card for that card to be attached to the minutes. First of all, you cannot open an account without the required signatories. view
• 6 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the hon. Member came in late. So, he never heard what I said from the beginning. Furthermore, I am not struggling to answer the Question. Let me assure him on that one. I said that it took time. The CDF Committee of Kitui West made a mistake in the first place. They forwarded the minutes without the specimen signature. The bank also made a mistake--- view
• 6 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Member of Parliament is complaining that it took a long time, from August, 2010 to date. I have explained that from the start, Kitui West CDF Committee forwarded minutes to the bank without the specimen signature of the District Accountant. That was the first mistake. The second mistake is that Equity Bank opened the account without the specimen signature of the mandatory signatory. It took time to correct those two mistakes. I have now told you that they have since been corrected. view
• 6 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my colleague here is a lawyer, and he knows very well that previously, the CDF was under the Ministry of Finance. During that time, the signature of the Minister for Finance was required for purposes of opening an account. Unfortunately, I do not have the CDF Act here. If you have it, could you read Section 45(1)? It says clearly that, for proper control of the opening and closing of the accounts, you need the authority of the Minister. The Members of the CDFC are here. They can confirm that position. view
• 6 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the CDF Act came into operation in 2004. It was again amended in 2007. So, following the amendment in 2007, the CDF was moved from the Ministry of Finance to the Ministry of Planning. So, now it is under the Ministry of Planning. When there is change, you will appreciate that there are hiccups. Hiccups have been there and they are being sorted out. In fact, we are coming up with another amendment to the CDF Act as required by the old CDF Act. view
• 6 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: No. I can provide the information. I read to you the section that I quoted. view
• 6 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not need to be informed by the hon. Member afterwards. Let us just have our discussion here. Maintaining means operationalizing the account. That is what I know. What does maintenance mean? What does it mean when your car breaks down and you maintain it? you want it to operate. That is my understanding of it. view
• 6 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, please protect me and help me to interpret the law. He is a member of the CDF, just as Mr. Nyamai is one. He had to come to me to solve this problem. If he knew that he could open the account, why did he have to come to me? view
• 1 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think I had earlier informed you that I have withdrawn all my amendments. So they stand withdrawn. view
• 1 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this particular amendment is related to my earlier amendments which I withdrew. Because of that, I also wish to withdraw this one. view