Wycliffe Oparanya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 251 to 260 of 472.

• 7 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have specifically said that the allocation of the CDF is based on a particular formula. That formula was derived from the 1999 census. At the moment, there is nothing that I can do because we use a specific formula. I am aware that there is a lot of poverty in the hon. Member's constituency but, at the moment, I am following the Act. view
• 7 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, according to international standards, poor people are the 2486 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 7, 2008 people who live on less than one US dollar per day. That is the standard that is used internationally. So, when we are conducting a census, we determine the people who live on less than one US dollar per day in a constituency. view
• 7 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member wanted to know whether I am going to amend the CDF Act. We undertook a training programme recently. This gave me an opportunity to go around quite a number of constituencies. However, there are other impediments to the CDF Act at the moment. We are trying to compile reports from all the constituencies to see the issues that we can address, so that the CDF can help the wananchi properly. I will come up with a comprehensive report which will guide me to propose amendments to the CDF Act to the Members. We need ... view
• 7 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I have not suppressed any figures. Any census or survey is done through sampling. We computed poverty indexes in 2003. We computed other poverty indexes in 2005. This is based on a sampling survey. With regard to the figures that the hon. Member has said that I have not used, the survey was done based on districts. The focus was on the districts. When it came to the constituencies, they did an interpolation. So, these were estimated figures and there were a lot of variances. That is why I decided to use the figures ... view
• 7 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you will appreciate that, that is a different Question. However, I would like to assure the hon. Member that when we undertake planning, we plan for the entire country. We have intervention for northern Kenya now and that is why there is a specific Ministry to focus on the region. view
• 7 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have clearly said that I am collecting information. I will then discuss the information with the Select Committee on the CDF. So, as soon as I am through, and I hope this will take about three months, I will bring the amendments here. view
• 30 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that some funds were not accounted for from the Eldoret East CDF bank account. My Ministry was informed about the matter through an audit query by the Kenya National Audit Office in their letter dated 19th December, 2006. On receipt of that letter, my Ministry instructed the Internal Audit Unit to conduct an assessment on the issue. Mr. Speaker, Sir, following the examination of the expenditures and withdrawals from the CDF bank account, it was established that Kshs26,360,000 was withdrawn without supporting documents. The Internal Audit Team further established ... view
• 30 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have pointed out that as soon as this matter came to the notice of the Ministry, already an internal audit team was dispatched to the constituency to carry out an audit. I have stated that already four people have been arrested and they are in court, which means that the District Development Officer and the District Accountant are not suspects at the moment. But if the Member has any evidence against the two Government officials, she is free to report the matter to the police and they will also be arrested. view
• 30 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this issue happened in 2006. Since then, we have put in place several measures to make sure that there is no misappropriation of CDF money. Last year, we recruited CDF Audit Managers who are now supposed to carry out bank reconciliations every month and issue monthly reports to the relevant agencies such as the CDF Board, CDF Secretariat, the Member of Parliament and the Constituency Development Committee (CDC). We have also recruited Regional Auditors who are now carrying out continuous audit to make sure that if there is any fraud, it is detected in advance. In the ... view
• 30 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not have any evidence to show that the District Accountant signed the cheques. I am clearly saying that if the Member has evidence that the District Accountant signed those cheques, he is free to report to the police. view