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Entries 10511 to 10520 of 17810.
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23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
What I am saying is that the Vice-Chair has not said it. What is his Committee doing about this national crisis where 6,000 children are sitting back at home? The exams have been cancelled and some of them have committed suicide. What is the Committee doing and how fast can we get a report to deal with those who participated in the cancellation of those exams?
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23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move the following Procedural Motion:- The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 28(4), this House resolves to- (a) alter its Calendar in respect of the First Part of the Fourth Session as follows:- (i) Short Recess: Friday, 1st April to Monday, 11th April, 2016; and, (ii) Sitting Days: Tuesday, 12th April to Thursday, 5th May, 2016. (b) exempt the adjournment of the House in respect of the Short Recess of the First Part of the Session from the provisions of Standing Order 28(3).
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23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, in line with the President’s constitutional obligation, His Excellency the President has requested, through you and your colleague the Hon. Speaker of the Senate, to address a Special Sitting of Parliament on Thursday next week on 31st March, 2016, so as to outline the State of the Nation Address in relation to values and principles of governance as elaborated in Article 10 of the Constitution. Secondly, the state of the nation’s security as provided for in Article 240 and finally, for the President to give the status in fulfillment of the international treaty obligation under Article 132 of ...
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23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move:- THAT, the Division of Revenue Bill No. 4 of 2016 be now read a Second Time.
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23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
We are all aware that the Public Finance and Management (PFM) Act, 2012 requires the National Treasury to provide the following documents to Parliament before 15th February each year:- The Budget Policy Statement (BPS), which they did and in fulfillment of this requirement, the National Treasury submitted it. They also presented to Parliament and, more so, to the Clerk of the National Assembly, the legislative proposal on Division of Revenue Bill, 2016. They also provided the Medium Term Debt Management Strategy Paper and the legislative proposal on County Allocation of Revenue 2016, which was sent to the Senate. This is ...
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23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
More importantly, Article 201 says that the revenue raised shall be shared between the two levels of government. It should be further noted that the revenue allocated to the national Government shall ultimately be spent at the county level directly. The money that this House appropriates for the national Government will ultimately go to the citizens in their counties, constituencies and villages just like the money that goes to the county governments. There is no way a governor can claim to have done so much. What will the national Government have done? Both levels of government are under obligation to ...
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23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Article 203 of the Constitution provides the criteria for sharing that money. It gives the criteria for determining the equitable shares as provided for in Article 202. The criteria provides for taking care of the national interest, the national public debt provisions and the needs of the national Government. The criterion also seeks to ensure that the county governments are able to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
perform their assigned functions and undertake development projects. Further, this Article provides that the share of revenue raised nationally to be allocated to the county governments shall not be less than 15 per cent of all the revenue collected by the national Government. The Constitution is very clear. Not less than 15 per cent of the revenue collected nationally must go to county governments. So, the county governments’ share can be 20, 30, 40 or 50 per cent.
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23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Going to the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (BPS), the total sharable revenue is estimated at Kshs1,380,199 million. This comprises of what the national Government and the county governments will get. The National Government will get close to Kshs1,093,899.00 million, while the county government equitable share is estimated outside the conditional grant that the county governments will get, which is estimated at Kshs280,300.00 million. Above all, there is constitutional provision for the Equalisation Fund at Kshs6,000.00 million, which is for 14 specific counties. Regarding the Equalisation Fund, there was a misinterpretation. It is not just the Kshs6 billion that is ...
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