Aden Bare Duale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: The introduction of the Division of Revenue Bill in Parliament is the culmination of a process that usually starts at the end of August. We are about to go to the month of August now. We will start the budget process of Financial Year 2020/2021 in August next year, which is in about 10 days’ time. It is very sad because we are dealing with the Division of Revenue Bill today, few days to the next year’s budget cycle. It is very unfortunate, and this has never happened. I am sure that our colleagues, the Council of Governors, the Senators ... view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: That is why the framers of the Constitution decided not to subject the Division of Revenue Bill to mediation. We can subject any other Bill to a mediation process but not the Division of Revenue Bill. That is why we are here today. Going forward, let Members read the dissenting opinion of Justice Njoki Ndung’u on the matter when the Senate in the 11th Parliament sought an advisory opinion of the Supreme Court. view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Another thing I want to make very clear is that there is nothing unconstitutional in giving counties Kshs310 billion. Nobody has broken the law. The Constitution provides for a minimum of 15 per cent of the last audited accounts. So, if we take the actual revenue for 2018/2019 Financial Year, 15 per cent could be less than Kshs310 billion. The Constitution provides for a minimum of 15 per cent of the last audited accounts; we are giving the counties close to 34 per cent when we allocate Kshs316.5 billion. So, when they go to the Supreme Court accusing us of ... view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Since President Uhuru Kenyatta came to power, we have been allocating counties more than 30 per cent of the audited revenue. That is double. So, let those who have gone to the Supreme Court tell us the law we have broken. We have surpassed the constitutionally prescribed 15 per cent. There is no constitutional requirement that we have breached. The national Executive cut its budget last year because of the low revenue collection. We lost Kshs2 billion from the National Government Constituencies Development Fund. The National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) lost close to Kshs300 million. The Judiciary also took ... view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Let me reiterate that the Division of Revenue Bill does not happen out of the blues. It cannot be discussed when having mandazi. It is documented in the architecture of the budget- making process anchored in the Constitution. view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Let me come to the CRA. The CRA is established under Article 215. Let the Chair of the Commission listen to me. We had a problem with Mr. Cheserem. Among other persons, members of the Commission are nominated by political parties unlike any other commission. Under Article 215 of the Constitution, the CRA is the only commission whose members are nominated by political parties. The Jubilee Party has four members while the National Super Alliance (NASA) has three. So, they must listen to Hon. Mbadi and I; they are our nominees. Their function is to recommend how the two levels ... view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Why does Ekuru want us to make the Senate the upper House? Ekuru wants to make the National Assembly the lower House and the Senate the upper House. As we speak today, the 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. view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Senate is the lower House. He did not know because he does not have Members of County Assemblies (MCAs), Members of Parliament and no presidential candidate. He should have come to Hon. Junet, Hon. Mbadi and I to draft the questions for him. He drafted questions that cannot go anywhere, that constituencies must be scrapped. I would like to inform MCAs that the moment a constituency is scrapped, even the ward will be scraped and they will not exist. The MCAs are being lied to. The moment they endorse a constituency to be scrapped, they will also scrap wards. For ... view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: The CRA Commissioners are nominees of political parties. Let me remind them that the Jubilee Party nominated four of them while the NASA has three. They must listen to us. With the knowledge that CRA’s function is in Article 217 of the Constitution… The Commissioners seem not to know their functions. The CRA shall make recommendations concerning the basis for equitable sharing of revenue raised by the national Government. That is its main function. The people to make a determination are the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the National Assembly. Demonstrations ended with the Handshake. There are no more demonstrations ... view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, if we become crazy and demonstrate; do not join us. It is very sad for a Speaker to demonstrate. Hon. Speaker, in the event we lose our heads and one day we demonstrate, which we are unlikely to, please; do not join us. I was shocked and called the former Prime Minister and the President and told them that I thought they finished demonstrations and asked them why they could not throw tear gas on the 47 characters. view