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28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly:
Thirdly, that money, even to have it oversighted by the legislature, is a problem - particularly the donor money. I am a member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The 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.
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28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly:
Principal Secretary (PS) for Ministry of Devolution comes to the Committee. The PS Housing was there last week. They have just become a conveyor belt of donor money. They just send it to counties and have no oversight role. We as the National Assembly have a problem of inviting the Governor and his team. I am a living example. My Governor is in court for misappropriating the World Bank Infrastructure Development Fund.
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28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, if you go to Level 5 hospitals today, be it Kakamega, Garissa, Embu or Nyeri, where every year this House appropriates over Kshs350 million, you will not find Panadol. If you go to the maternity wards, you will realise that women are being told to buy basic things for delivery. With regard to our polytechnics, this House appropriates close to Kshs200 million to village polytechnics in our constituencies. I ask these Members: Is there development in your village polytechnics done by the counties?
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28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, the essence of this amendment by the Senate is that those monies, both in grants or loans and whether for maternity, village polytechnics or roads… Let me ask Members here something: The work that our little Kshs16 million does can be seen in our constituencies. What about the Kshs200 million given here to every county through the Division of Revenue Bill annually? So, Hon. Speaker, it is better this House makes a decision and agree with the Senate that the amount of money for conditional grants and loans from the national Government and donors be returned back to ...
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28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, the problem was not even with the Judiciary. It was our brothers here next door, the Senate. They are the ones who went to court. They should have sifted the case properly and removed Bills or Acts that touch on themselves. As you said, if you annul the Appropriations Bill 2018, then you ought to return all the money that you have used as an institution.
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28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, this is a good day for devolution. Every penny that goes to devolved units – and I am sure there are people who want to be governors here - do not worry. If you behave well, we will bring back these conditional grants. But if you become like the ones who are in power now, we will only give you what is due to you which is the equitable share. I support.
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28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, if you allow me, this is a great moment in the history of Kenya. As one of the best Speakers that I have served under as a Member of Parliament (MP), I rise on a point of order pursuant to Standing Order 83 to seek your guidance on a certain grey area. This is so that as we move on with this Bill, at one point, you can give us a very wise ruling on the matter. Hon. Speaker, if you allow me, what is the value of public participation process on the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2021? Secondly, ...
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28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly:
functions of the Judicial Service Commission and the National Police Service Commission, which are provided for in Clauses 43, 44, 66,67 and the Second Schedule to the Bill.
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28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly:
In my view, the drafters of the Constitution, and I participated in the making of the Constitution in 2010 when I was in this august House, did not formulate Article 118 of the Constitution just for the sake of it. Public participation is key towards promoting good governance and the national values and principles.
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28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly:
It is for this reason that the courts defined the parameters of what is the acceptable threshold of public participation. In a number of cases, during my time as the Leader of the Majority Party, the courts offered guidance. Allow me to highlight two: they said that public participation is not a cosmetic process. Public participation needs to be meaningful and not perfunctory. Public participation ought to be real and not an illusion. Public participation needs to be qualitative and not quantitative. We must, therefore, be very careful, as a House, not to land in the same ditch that the ...
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