Abshiro Soka Halake

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 851 to 860 of 1750.

• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to contribute. Please allow me then to contribute to both the Statement by Sen. Wambua and congratulate him as well as the Senator for Wajir County who has brought the issue of the abattoir that was--- view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: Which one? view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: No, I am always ready. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I need to get the order number. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sorry for the confusion. I rise to support the Motion on the adoption of the Report on Sessional Committee on County Public Accounts and Investments on Accounts of county governments that are listed for Busia, Elgeyo Marakwet, Embu, Kajiado, Kericho, and the rest. The issue of public accounts is one that is very worrying. I am sure in a few minutes we are going to discuss the country’s debt. However, when I looked through the accounts of all these counties, each one of them has so much debt that when we talk of perhaps a ... view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: I can hardly hear myself. There are very loud consultations. view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, these accounts show very irregular procurement procedures. view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir, and for all the people that intervened. I was on the point of pending bills or irregular procurements. Looking across all the counties - and I am glad the Chair of CPAIC did actually go through each of these counties - a single one of them has escaped the poor bookkeeping that was very evident, that is cutting across all our counties and irregular procurements. A lot of the expenditure that has been incurred could not be supported in many of our counties. The irregularities of the procurement is also contributing to the high debt ... view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: systems in place, including the systems for revenue collection? This is because any Government, whether at county or national level, should make sure that they manage their revenues well. view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Report has such a big thread of these issues that we cannot even separate them. Reading one report for one county, you feel like you are reading for all the other 19 counties. view
• 24 Oct 2019 in Senate: With those few remarks, I submit that this House should pronounce itself going forward on how we will deal with non-adherence to the Public Finance Management Act, and also the poor state of our financial systems in our counties. I look forward to working with the relevant Committee to see that these things are rectified. view