All parliamentary appearances
Entries 2571 to 2580 of 17810.
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11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly:
On a point of order.
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11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Bill before this House is called the Public Finance Management (Amendment) Bill, 2019. Now what we hear is tangatanga . I have no problem with tangatanga outside this House; I might be part of them. But when it comes to the Chamber, we do not discuss tangatanga . Let us be serious. And this is the man who made Hon. Nyoro to be arrested, because he is recruiting people every day. So, tell him to go to the substantive business.
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11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First, I thank the Budget Office. I always have confidence in the men and women who work in the Budget Office of Parliament. They are the equivalent of the National Treasury. They The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly:
went and found out a legislative framework that can cure this ping-pong over the Division of Revenue Bill. This is so that as this bicameral Parliament argues about the Division of Revenue Bill, the counties are not victimised by that supremacy battle. I call it supremacy battle because on the outset we were giving the Senate facts and figures. For the Head of State or the other arm of Government to agree with you, you must be based on facts and figures. Ultimately, they had to agree with us on the Kshs316.5 billion, but what happened and what was the ...
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11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly:
Therefore, this is a very serious matter and when the two Houses disagree on a matter, they must look at who is suffering. Our position as the only House that has the constitutional mandate to deal with budget matters, our argument was based on facts and figures. That is why everybody else, including the National Treasury agreed with us. So, what is in this Bill? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Article 20…
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11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am very sorry. You know when there is change of guard on the Chair, there must be some ceremony. I did not notice you had taken over. I have respect for female colleagues in the House and more so, Speakers. So, I am very sorry.
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11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Bill is anchored on two Articles of the Constitution. The first one is Article 203(2) of the Constitution which states:
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11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly:
“(2) For every financial year, the equitable share of the revenue raised nationally that is allocated to county governments shall be not less than fifteen per cent of all revenue collected by the national government.” This automatically means the Constitution has given not less than 15 per cent of the national revenue of the last audited accounts approved by the National Assembly to the county Governments. The 15 per cent is their money whether this House or the Senate appropriates or not. As I said, this Bill is drawn from two Articles. If you go to Article 206(2) it states ...
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11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly:
“(2) Money may be withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund only- (a) in accordance with an appropriation by an Act of Parliament; (b) in accordance with Article 222 or 223; or (c) as a charge against the Fund as authorised by this Constitution or an Act of Parliament.” So, the only two funds that the Constitution has guaranteed and allocated money can be charged directly to the Consolidated Fund, which is the 15 per cent to county governments and the Equalisation Fund. Whether the House appropriates or not, those amounts of money can be charged. So, what was the problem and ...
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11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly:
According to a letter, the opinion of the Attorney-General of the Republic of Kenya Justice Kihara, the problem was that for the Controller of Budget to directly charge the 15 per cent and give it to counties the PFM Act had to be amended. That is what we are doing this afternoon. This Bill is not talking about anything else. It is saying in the event there is ping-pong over the Division of Revenue, between the Senate and the National Assembly, the counties cannot suffer, but they can access the 15 per cent given to them by the Constitution which ...
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