Thursday, July 11, 2024 - Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah has lamented that he was being denied the opportunity to contribute to the Senate.
This comes after the Gen Zs endorsed him to
challenge William Ruto for the presidency come 2027 just to reward him for his
struggle for a better Kenya.
In a statement, Omtatah revealed that he had
been denied a chance to contribute to the State of the Nation motion that was
being discussed on the floor of the House.
The first-term lawmaker explained
that this was not the first time he had been sidelined in Parliament.
“I was denied an opportunity to speak to the
State of the Nation motion currently being debated in the Senate about demonstrations in Kenya,” the
activist-turned-legislator stated.
He added that since last week Wednesday, he
had been requesting the microphone with no success.
The Senators had tabled the motion to discuss
the anti-government demonstrations by the Gen Zs that have rocked many parts of
the country.
Omtatah has been a vocal supporter of Gen Zs
who have been opposing government policies and calling for Ruto’s
resignation.
Notably, he was the only high-ranking
politician to attend a Gen Zs concert on Sunday at Uhuru Park which honoured
Kenyans who had lost their lives during protests.
Additionally, he has been a main figure at X
Spaces where Gen Zs and other Kenyans discuss the State of the Nation under
President William Ruto’s administration.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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ALL IS NOT WELL AT MACHAKOS TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND
ReplyDeleteAs parents and stakeholders of Machakos Technical Institute for the Blind we urge the media to expose the rot and if possible government urgencies probe Principal Priscilla Nduku and Accountant Patrick Mutula.
The 2020-2021,2021-2022 audit reports shows theft of funds
For example,the statement of financial position as at 30 June, 2020 reflects total net assets and liabilities of Kshs.377,854,127. Further, the statement of financial performance for the year ended 30 June, 2020 reflects Kshs.71,447,975 and Kshs.60,525,337 in respect to total revenue and expenditure respectively for the year with a resultant surplus of Kshs.10,922,638.
However, Management did not provide for audit, cashbooks, ledgers, trial balance and schedules to support the balances
Statement of financial performance reflects total revenue of Kshs.71,447,975 in the year under review.
However, a casting of the balances results to a total of Kshs.71,446,975 and the variance of Kshs.1,000 was not explained.
Further, the statement reflects a total expenses comparative balance of Kshs.66,703,893 while a recasting of the expenses totals to a balance of Kshs.67,192,393 resulting a casting error of Kshs.488,500.
The statement reflects general expenses balance of Kshs.41,556,206 while Note 22 to the financial statement reflects a balance of Kshs.41,232,505 resulting to an unexplained and unreconciled variance of Kshs.323,701.
In addition, Note 22 to Note 25 do not correspond to the respective notes to the financial statements.
The statement of financial performance reflects rental revenue from facilities and equipment, other income, use of goods and services and employee costs comparative balances of Kshs.510,000, nil balance, Kshs.935,806 and Kshs.4,371,056 which differ with balances of Kshs.980,000, Kshs.532,806, Kshs.52,944,265 and Kshs.9,822,290 reflected in Note 12,14,15 and 16 respectively.
The statement reflects repairs and maintenance and grants and subsidies comparative balances of Kshs.680,641 and Kshs.488,500 respectively while the respective Note 19 and Note 22 reflects balances of Kshs.1,667,610 and Kshs.52,944,165.
Further the grants and subsidies comparative balance of Kshs.680,641 varies with the nil balance reflected in the 2018/2019 audited financial statements.
The statement reflects contracted services balance of Kshs.453,600 in the year under review and a nil comparative balance.
However, Note 20 to the financial statements reflects a balance of Kshs.303,600 for the year 2019/2020 and Kshs.488,500 for 2018/2019 financial year.
The statement of financial position reflects total assets and total net assets and liabilities balances of Kshs.377,854,127 and Kshs.377,854,126 respectively.
However, a recasting of the amounts totals to Kshs.378,075,821 and Kshs.377,433,019 resulting to variances of Kshs.221,694 and Kshs.421,107 which were not explained or supported. In addition, no explanation was provided for the unbalanced statement of financial position.
The statement of financial position reflects long term receivables from exchange transactions balance of Kshs.350,228,860 in both the year under review and 2018/2019 while the disclosure Note 27(b) reflects nil balances for both years.
The statement reflects a balance of Kshs.4,650,000 in respect to inventories while the disclosure Note 29 has a nil balance.