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"speaker_name": "Butere, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Nicholas Mwale",
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"content": "The ninth issue under our ‘Observation and Recommendation’ is the dual implementation of projects between county and the national Government. For instance, you find the county government implementing a project that is also being implemented by the national Government. The Committee reiterates its recommendation that such funds be wholly issued to the implementing agency as conditional grants rather than stick to the mongrel arrangement that currently subsists. We have failure or delays in compensating land owners. We have had this issue all along, especially in the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, where a State agency wants to build a power line but compensating the land owner’s way leave becomes an issue. The Committee notes, for example, with respect to the State Department of Energy in paragraph 1337 and 1363, and with respect to the State Department for Roads in paragraphs 55, 84, 603, 612, 695 and 808; that, projects had been undertaken without due compensation of the land owners persons. The Committee recommends that the implementing agencies prioritise compensation for land earmarked for acquisition before the acquisition is actualised as provided for under Sections 111, 115 and 117 of the Land Act. In a nutshell, the Committee wants to assure this House that this Report will address major issues that have led to the mismanagement of public resources. In furtherance of its recommendations, the Committee has not shied away from prescribing punitive sanctions to gross violation of the law. For instance, with reference to paragraphs 216, 222, 294, 1476, 1471 of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, the Committee has recommended investigations of certain cases. As I mentioned earlier, the centrality of this Report in the Division of Revenue Bill during Financial Year 2021/2022 is that the total revenue recorded under various revenue statements as received by the national Government amounted to Ksh2,028,236,839,950, representing an increase of Ksh314,593,858,437 or about 18 per cent when compared to actual collection of Khs1,713,642,981,513 realised in the Financial Year 2020/2021. The total revenue of Ksh2,028,236,839,950 comprised of Ksh1,920,434,085,078 as shareable revenue, Ksh46,756,750,697 as receipts from Government investments and public enterprises and Ksh61,046,004,175 from development revenue. In the 2021/2022 Financial Year, the total shareable revenue of Ksh1,920,434,085,078 increased by 22 per cent compared to the shareable revenue of Ksh1,570,562,945,014 in the 2020/2021 Financial Year. I am giving these figures because the Committee recommends that the total nationally collected revenue amount of Ksh1,920,434,085,078 forms the basis of the sharing revenue between the national and the county governments as contemplated in Article 203(3) of the Constitution. I want to stop there in the interest of time. I assure Members that this Committee has done a good job and they should support and adopt the Report. We will endeavour to make sure that public resources are utilised in accordance with the Constitution and the Public Finance Management Act. The Committee shall continue to execute its oversight mandate of State agencies as recommended by the Office of the Auditor-General through audit opinions that are presented to the National Assembly. With those few remarks, I move and invite the Vice-Chairlady of the Committee, Hon. Amina Udgoon, to second the Motion."
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