Aden Bare Duale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Division of Revenue Bill proposes Ksh370 billion as the equitable share. That has led to about 27.3 per cent of the 2016/2017 audited and approved by the National Assembly accounts. That time the audited accounts was Ksh1.357 trillion. Cumulatively, the county governments are getting Ksh409 billion. They comprise the following: the equitable share of Ksh370 billion, the conditional allocation from the share of the national Government revenue of about Ksh7.53 billion and the conditional allocation from proceeds of loans and grants by development partners of about Ksh32 billion. That gives the county governments Ksh409 billion. ... view
• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: To start with, there is no substantial increase to counties. I say this without fear of contradiction. What this Bill has just done is to convert the four existing conditional grants to counties into unconditional grants by allocating to their respective amounts totalling to about Ksh17 billion in this current financial year. Which ones are these? This is the Road Maintenance Levy, the Level 5 hospitals, the compensation for the user fees foregone and this is the money that is supposed to go to rehabilitate the village polytechnics. So, if you look at that, there is no substantial increase that ... view
• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: The second salient and important point I need to raise is there is lack of criteria for conditional allocation to counties. This House has been passing the Division of Revenue Bill. This is the eighth year but there is no criterion how the conditional allocations to counties is done. For example, if you look at the Division of Revenue Bill 2020, it proposes to allocate about Ksh7.2 billion for the leasing of equipment and another Ksh332 million for the construction of headquarters in Isiolo, Tana River, Tharaka Nithi, Nyandarua and Lamu counties. It is very sad The electronic version of ... view
• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: and strange that there is no policy criterion in identifying these counties. What happens? If this continues, then there will be serious marginalisation of some counties. So, this person who says Isiolo, Nyandarua, Tana River and Lamu must be funded to build its own county headquarters, what criteria are you using? Why not fund Kiambu, Garissa or Marsabit? So, there is absolutely no policy criteria. I think the Budget and Appropriations Committee has been giving. I do not know why people are getting agitated. I have just read the report and the Budget and Appropriations Committee… view
• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I do not want to go into village politics. If your headquarters have been built, I just only… view
• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, if you listen to all my colleagues, what I am saying is; eight years down the line after the implementation of the devolved system of government, there must be criteria and a policy to identify which county requires extra resources. Whether the defunct county councils left infrastructure or not, you have a budget. Hon. Chachu, I think what you wanted to say was that you have a county headquarter. I was just giving an example. Hon. Speaker, I still maintain that there is no criteria or policy. view
• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: The next item I have an issue with is this animal called the leasing of medical equipment. There must be justification on this significant increase. In the last financial year, this amount was Ksh6.2 billion, but if you look at what has been allocated in 2021/2022, it is Ksh7.2 billion. There is an increase of over Ksh1 billion. There must be justification. You remember the mystery behind the leasing of equipment. In some of our counties, those equipment are not even working or they are not even there. The personnel are not there and we really ask the Committee of ... view
• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: reagents, they are inadequate and fluctuating with electricity challenges. If you go to far flung counties like Isiolo Marsabit and Garissa, you will find that these equipment are not working. There is also increase in the level of pending bills and high expenditure on personal expenditure. The PFM Act is very clear. Let me start with expenditure on salaries. Counties continue to spend a significant share of their allocation on emoluments contrary to the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act. Regulation 25(1)(b) of the County Government Regulations sets it at 35 per cent of the counties total expenditure. Today, I am ... view
• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. These pending bills affect our economy. There is high corruption. Governors are asking for close to 20 per cent to be paid in advance for them to pay pending bills particularly pending bills from their predecessors. As I support this Bill, I have the following submissions to make, that to achieve even the BBI proposal of at least 35 per cent nationally and raising the amount going to counties, functions must be domiciled. Agriculture and health are functions that ought to be with them yet they are still with the national Government. We are not saying ... view
• 11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, last night I read this Bill together with the Marriage Act. At this stage, I rise to contribute to the Second Reading of the Law of Succession (Amendment) Bill. I want the House to listen to me. As I listened to Hon. Dennitah Ghati, I noted that probably she has not read the Bill. I had a chance to compare this Bill with the Marriage Act, 2014 and the Law of Succession Act (Cap. 160). Hon. Kaluma The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can ... view