Abass Sheikh Mohamed

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, Sir. I beg to lay the following Paper on the table of the Senate, today, Tuesday, 15th October, 2024- Report of the Intergovernmental Relations (Amendment) Bill, 2024, Senate Bills No12 of 2024. view
• 2 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Waziri, congratulations on the appointment. My name is Abass Mohammed, the Senator for Wajir, and I chair the Committee in charge of Devolution. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 2 Oct 2024 in Senate: There is a big concern about the delay in the release of funds to counties. It takes long, sometimes four to five months. As a result of that, counties are supposed to get salaries from the banks at a higher cost, with a higher interest rate. Certain reductions are not submitted in time and they are given penalties for that delay. I do not know what your Ministry will do as a result of the delays in fund release. There are also penalties from KRA and other institutions like the Local Authorities Pension (LAP) Fund that put interest on the ... view
• 2 Oct 2024 in Senate: What is the Ministry planning to do to curtail the kind of unnecessary penalties that the counties are facing and why is the fund for the counties being delayed so much? view
• 1 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate today, 1st October, 2024- view
• 1 Oct 2024 in Senate: Yes. view
• 1 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give Notice of the following Motion- THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations on its inquiry into the allegations on personal security concerns raised by Hon. Philomena Kapkory, Deputy Governor, Trans Nzoia County, laid on the Table of the Senate on Tuesday, 1st October, 2024. view
• 1 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give Notice of the following Motion- THAT, the Senate adopts Reports of the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations on its inquiry into the state of markets in Vihiga and Bungoma counties arising from Statements sought by Sen. Godfrey Osotsi, MP, and Sen. David Wafula Wakoli, MP laid on the Table of the Senate on Tuesday, 1st October, 2024. view
• 1 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir for the opportunity. I also want to join my colleagues in supporting the Statement from Sen. Cherarkey. This matter is very weighty and, in most instances, and in most counties, the human resources management is very poor. It is at the discretion of governors and the budget is just too high; over 50 per cent, especially in my county, that most of the employees who are under the manual payroll cannot be accounted for. There are many unaccounted-for employees in the manual payroll and that contributes a lot to budget overshot. view
• 1 Oct 2024 in Senate: One other thing I found is that the County Public Service Board (CPSB) is not an independent institution, as it is supposed to be. Most of the boards are micromanaged and given instructions for employment, who to employ and who not to employ. I think this is a matter that we need to look into; the Constitution and the law that is available to the county public services, so that at least they can be given full independence and they can function independently and be free from the governor's influence. In my county, there are members of the land board ... view