Aden Bare Duale

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 731 to 740 of 17810.

• 17 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, the problem is that there are two amendments in circulation. It is good that Members have the amendment with the figure of Kshs12,155,000,000 and not the one ending with Ksh11,555,000. I think Members should discard the latter and get the right one. view
• 17 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, I do not have any problem. However, for tidiness and record purposes, the procedure of the House is sometimes used by our officers from the Litigation Department. These are numbers. I want the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Energy to state from which agencies the monies are being taken back to the Ministry so that the record flows. This is a function of the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Energy, and not that of the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. The Hansard is the official record of this House. In case of anything, we ... view
• 16 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, thank you very much. I take this opportunity to contribute to the County Allocation of Revenue Bill, 2021. This is the Bill that horizontally divides resources between counties. It is prepared under Articles 217 and 218 of the Constitution. This is the Bill that allows transfer of resources from the Consolidated Fund to county treasuries. If you look at this Bill, county governments have been allocated Kshs370 billion in the 2021/2022 Financial Year. They are supposed to share this money as the equitable share among all the counties. There is nominal increase in the amount compared to last ... view
• 16 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: What are my submissions insofar as this Bill is concerned? Let me first look at the high expenditure on personal emoluments. And I want the Controller of Budget to listen to me if she is watching. The PFM Act is very clear. Section 25(1)(b) of the PFM (County Governments) Regulations, 2015 sets the limit of the county government expenditure on wages, salaries and benefits at 35 per cent. As of today, county governments are at 52.9 per cent. Kenyans did not ask for a devolved system of government so that counties become employment bureaus. Kenyans asked for a devolved system ... view
• 16 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Embu, Garissa, Isiolo, Kirinyaga, Kitui, Machakos, Meru, name them - about 25 counties. They have gone outside the ceiling. The failure is on the part of the Controller of Budget. The law gives her the power. Section 5 of the Controller of Budget Act read together with Article 207(3) of the Constitution, the Controller of Budget is required to enforce compliance to the limit by exercising her power on withdrawals from the county revenue accounts, unless the Controller of Budget is in bed with those governors. When you see governors supporting BBI, it is not because they love it. When ... view
• 16 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: 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. view
• 16 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: I have been in a lot of pain and I have asked myself what a debt is. There are many Kenyans whom the county and national governments owe close to Kshs180 billion. The Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee can tell us that. We are very concerned about the debts that we owe like IMF, World Bank and Chinese loans. Why not pay the debt we owe our people first? If we pay our people, the economy will grow. People are defying the instructions that were given by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Madaraka Day, that is 1st June this ... view
• 15 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to thank you for presenting the petitions in accordance with our Standing Orders. You are right that every Kenyan has a right to petition the House. But I have some history, and I am sure Hon. Mbadi and Hon. Kimunya will agree with me. This matter came to the 10th Parliament when we were in the Old Chamber where the Senate is located. I remember the chorus was ‘people must go back to school’. That time, the number of people who did not have a degree were many and they were in the Cabinet of President ... view
• 15 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: I want to urge the House that this time round, even if I am one of the affected, I had four years between 2017 and 2021. That is enough time to undertake a basic degree programme. The degree certificate must be verifiable and you must present transcripts. There are people in this House who are called doctors because they have honorary degrees. That is not a degree. You must have transcripts. We must know the colleagues with whom you were in university. Your lecturers must be known. I want to urge the House to deal with this Petition in accordance ... view
• 15 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I need your guidance on this matter because I asked six questions. This is a matter of public interest. It concerns the high prices that Kenyans pay for electricity. My interest was in the independent power producers. I have been given a list of 19 independent power producers. One of them is more like a Government entity, namely, Lake Turkana Wind Power Limited. The other power producers are Tsavo Power, Rabai Power, Imenti Tea Factory Hydro, Thika Power, Gikira Hydro, Gulf Power, Iberafrica Power and Mumias-Cogeneration. This is a matter of public interest. This Committee has done a ... view