Aden Bare Duale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I thank the Members for contributing to this very important piece of legislation. The objective of this Bill, as I earlier said, is to establish an institution called the Kenya National Accreditation Service that will be internationally recognised and will have an effective accreditation system. It is important and I am sure the concerns of the Members are valid. When we place this proposed legislation to the Committee of the whole House, more amendments will be brought on board to enrich, reform and to make it better. I beg to reply. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Public Finance Management (Amendment) Bill of 2017 be now read a Second Time. This Bill has stayed in this House for too long. In fact, it was disappearing from the rolls of Bills from the Government. We have agreed with the Committee and Hon Makali Mulu, who had a lot of interest in it, that we do the Second Reading and then proceed to the Committee stage. It is a very important Bill and even part of what we are going to do here will concern county governments. So, it ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: under the Act, the amendment proposes that the PBO also undertakes monitoring and evaluation of Government programmes and projects to inform the legislative budget and economic analysis, and produce the Budget Options Paper as a basis. Under the Constitution of Kenya 2010, the Legislature, more so the National Assembly, has been given the power of budget-making. That is why the CS will introduce the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) by the end of this week. We do not want Parliament to be used as a rubberstamp. Parliament, in appropriating money to both levels of the Government, must have powers to monitor ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: These amendments are very technical. So, I will go slowly unlike other Bills where I would skip some items and allow Members to fill up. This Bill is a bit more complex. Clause 8 of the Bill proposes to amend Section 7 of the principal Act, which is the PFM Act, by inserting a new subsection to prohibit procurement at both levels of Government during the three months period before a general election. Any procurement during that time may only be done with the approval of the National Treasury. You have seen that people commit public expenditure three months to ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: all resources sent to the Judiciary, Parliament, constitutional office holders and independent offices. Clause 18 of the Bill proposes to amend Section 78 of the principal Act to recognise and include other collectors of revenue other than the KRA under the public finance management framework in order to facilitate the smooth operation of Government in the collection of revenue. If there are other agencies that will play a role in the collection of revenue, this amendment gives them an opportunity to work alongside the KRA. Clause 19 of the Bill proposes to amend Section 82(4) of the Act to restrict ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: cannot just have an open-end cheque to county assemblies. This amendment says that we can only give 10 per cent of the ceiling of the amount appropriated by that county assembly. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Clause 53 of the Bill proposes to amend Section 159 of the Act in order to allow the county executive committee member for finance to vary a tax, a fee charged or imposed by the county government in line with the powers granted under Article 210 of the Constitution. This section only grants the county executive member for finance powers to wave a tax or fee or charge. So, this amendment gives the county executive member for finance extra powers. In their opinion, they can vary a tax or any fees which are charged or imposed by the county government ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Clause 66 of the Bill proposes to amend Section 193 by inserting new subsection 3, 4, and 5. So, we amend Section 193 of the principal Act and insert new Section 3, 4 and 5 which will require the public sector accounting standards board to account and report to the Cabinet Secretary. This is to ensure that the body submits the statutory and management reports on their operations. This is just to ensure that they comply with the best practices and internationally required form of accounting. This Bill is firmly anchored in Article 201 of the Constitution. It gives effect ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: These amendments also provide for a prudent and responsible management of public resources. This Bill provides for a very clear line of fiscal reporting. The passage of this Bill by this House shall assist in the operationalisation of the Public Finance Management Act of 2012 as contemplated by the Constitution of Kenya. The Act was adopted, enacted and we gave it to ourselves and our future generations. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: There are a number of other amendments that we will introduce at the Committee of the whole House, but this Bill is very important in managing our resources both at the county and at the national Government levels. With those very many remarks, I wish to request the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, Hon. Limo, to speak to this Bill, based on the public participation that the committee did in order to enrich it. I beg to move and ask him to second. view