All parliamentary appearances
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30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(a), I rise to give the following Statement, on behalf of the House Business Committee (HBC), following its meeting held on Tuesday, 29th October, 2019. Without anticipating debate on the Motion appearing under Order No.10, it is expected that we will not have a sitting tomorrow, Thursday, 31st October 2019 due to the Inaugural Parliamentary Forum scheduled for the entire day tomorrow. In this regard, the HBC resolved that the Statement regarding the Business for the coming week be given today. On Tuesday, next week the House will consider the following ...
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30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
(ii) the Report of the Committee on Delegated Legislation on Annulment of the Retirement Benefits (Occupational Retirement Benefits Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 and the Insurance (Motor Vehicles Third Party Risks) (Certificate of Insurance) (Amendment) Rules, 2019. Hon. Speaker, in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order No.42A (5) and (6), I wish to convey that: 1. The Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection will appear before the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare on Thursday, 7th November, 2019 to answer Questions from the following Members: (i) Hon. Geoffrey Makokha; (ii) Hon. Nasri Ibrahim; (iii) Hon. Wilson Sossion; and, ...
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30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, from where I sit and the powers given to this House which is the National Assembly, this is not a serious matter. We cannot discuss memos. This House has the final powers to budget and appropriate. It appropriated resources for the three arms of Government and the independent commissions and offices.
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30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
In the event that the projection that the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for the National Treasury gave to this country is not achievable by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), he will come back to this House to bring Supplementary Estimates as provided for in Article 223 of the Constitution. Yesterday was the most ridiculous day. Judge Makau has reduced the Judiciary to the lowest of the low. A judge gave an order against somebody who has no powers in the budget- making process. The CS for the National Treasury, Ukur Yattani, wrote a memo to the Clerks of the National Assembly ...
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30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
Article 223 of the Constitution allows the CS to spend money and come back and regularise it and the percentage is given. I remember there is a time we lost part of our National Government-Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF). We are debating an issue which is in memos. Let us deal with that matter when the CS brings the Supplementary Estimates. As we speak now, the amount of money which is uploaded by law to the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) for the three arms of Government is the money that this House appropriated. Unless you bring a Supplementary Budget, ...
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30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
Estimates are brought to the House, I table them and then they will be referred to the Budget and Appropriations Committee. They will then bring a Report which the House can reject the cuts. For example, if there is no money, even in our homes, there are times when we say that we will not eat chapati but ugali and sukuma. We must say when we are broke. That is why the same House opened the ceiling of the debt level. Let us not close our eyes. Let us wait for the Supplementary Estimates to come and see the cuts. ...
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30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
I want to speak to the Judiciary. They should read the Constitution. You cannot serve other people who do not have powers to make the Budget. You cannot purport to serve them and give them powers that they have not been given. The power to make budgets, give resources and make supplementary estimates lies with these 349 Members and not the 67 Members who are our neighbours. They cannot help you. I am telling the Chief Justice who is the President of the Supreme Court that he better starts with the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs that oversees ...
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30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
It is just like the memo that the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor gave to banks that you must fill a form to withdraw money. When we fixed it in the law, he decided to send the civil society to go to court. The banks use a memo to tell you to fill a form when you are withdrawing money. That is the problem with this country. People use memos to circumvent the law. We have senior counsels like the Member for Tharaka. This memo writing should stop. The Judiciary should wait. They should not close courts. We are ...
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30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
… (Off-record)
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30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, let this be my last time to speak in English this afternoon. After the next Order, you better prepare if you do not know Kiswahili. I beg to move the following Procedural Motion:
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