Zaddock Madiri Syong'oh

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. For the benefit of the House, the Attorney-General has talked about the vagueness. But Sub-section 2 of Section 12 clearly says as follows:- "Without limiting the generality of Sub-section 1, such persons who shall, by mandatorily, co-operate with the Commission, such persons or bodies include the Controller and Auditor-General, the Director of the Criminal Investigations September 12, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3905 Department---" Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, it actually provides the framework. It is also quite specific. view
• 12 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, on behalf of the Departmental Committee on Administration of Justice and Legal Affairs, I beg to move:- THAT, the provisions relating to the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act be amended- (e) By deleting the proposed Section 16(2). The Committee considered this very carefully. In its conclusion, the Committee clearly saw that this proposed amendment is seeking to interfere with the independence of the Kenya Anti- Corruption Advisory Board. If you look at Section 16 of the Act as it exists today, all members of the Board are those who are not directly involved with the ... view
• 12 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Section 47(B) be deleted. There are two reasons why I am making this proposal on behalf of the Committee. One, if you look at the existing Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act, Section 47 provides very adequately and comprehensively for offences under this Act. Further, Section 48 of the same Act actually now provides for the penalties in respect of the offences under this Act. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the proposed amendment in the Bill says:- "THAT, the provisions of Sections 20 to 23 of Chapter 5 of the Penal ... view
• 11 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I presume, this is the Vote that deals with the Directorate of Personnel Management (DPM). Could I seek a clarification? Given that DPM does not have any branch officers at either the provincial or district level, what is Kshs1 billion going to be used for? view
• 11 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the explanation that has been given by the hon. Minister for Transport is clearly and completely out of context. It is not a question of having this amount spread out to the sub-locations. I asked a very fundamental question on what the key expenditure components of this amount of money are. It is a fairly straightforward question. I can see that the Minister of State for Public Service is here. view
• 11 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, this Ministry houses the Kenya Prisons Service (KPS) which engages in very substantial amount of business; like manufacturing furniture and selling it. Could we get an explanation as to whether this amount includes or does not include the amount of revenue that is generated through the enterprises of the KPS? view
• 11 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I appreciate your clarification. We did a Vote on Account earlier, but I think this amount actually represents the provision for the whole year. The Ministry of Agriculture has been given Kshs5 billion. Last year--- view
• 11 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. The information that the hon. Minister has given is not true. Only six cooling facilities are planned to be put up both along the coast and the Kenyan side of Lake Victoria using European funds. There are no such 26 cooling plants as the Minister has indicated. So, I suspect that the Minister added the figure "2" before "6" by mistake! 3806 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES September 11, 2007 view
• 11 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, one of the serious impediments to efficient administration of justice in our judicial premises is the lack of proper recording of court proceedings. Even as we speak now, our courts do not have facilities for a HANSARD system. Court proceedings rely 100 per cent on the discretion of the magistrate or the judge taking notes long-hand. But, even more fundamental, we have always wanted the Judiciary to have budgetary independence. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, could we get a commitment that, indeed, you will move fast in order to give the Judiciary budgetary independence, so ... view
• 11 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I just want a clarification. You know that recently, we had a serious mudslide in Western Province. Two days ago, we had a serious one in the Kerio Valley. It is very clear that, up to now, there is no serious response to those calamities. Could we be assured whether this money is really adequate? It is very clear from past experiences that this money is neither adequate nor is there any co-ordinated system of responding to those disasters. view