Aden Bare Duale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: I beg to move. view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move that the Public Finance Management (Amendment) Bill 2015, be now read a Second time. This is a very important Bill and it is one of those Bills that were part of the 2015/2016 legislation. I hope we conclude the debate on the Second Reading today so that we can bring it for the Third Reading next week. This is because it will go to the Senate. view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: The principal object of this Bill is to amend the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act No.18 of 2012, the main reason being to ensure its smooth implementation. These amendments have been formed at the backdrop of the lessons learnt during the implementation of the PFM Act, 2012, at both levels of Government in terms of basic financial management. view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Therefore, this Bill demands that we need to amend our laws to reflect on the realities that we face, and further to facilitate efficient and effective service delivery to the people of Kenya. view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: The proposed amendments to this Act adopt an approach to financial management focused on outputs and responsibilities. Basically, it will deal with the use of prudent financial management which is focused on outputs and responsibilities. Therefore, it gives a broader strategy on enhancing prudent public finance management in the public sector. Clause 1 of the Bill sets out the short title and the commencement of the proposed Act. Clause 2 of the Bill proposes to amend Section 2 of the Act. This is just to clarify the definitions of some words like “National Government Entity and Security,” “Treasury Single Account” ... view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: As I said earlier on, this Bill will go to the Senate because it also touches on the county governments in their financial management system. Clause 3 proposes to amend Section 5(1) of the Act by including Parliament in the approval process of the declaration of county government entities. Therefore, there is a very specific role which is being given to both Houses of Parliament, in the process of approval and the declaration of county government entities. Further, Clause 3 proposes to amend Section 5(4) of the Principal Act, by including and giving the County Executive Committee (CEC) certain powers ... view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: At the outset, I want to tell the House that this Bill is fundamentally important as we approach the general election, on how we deal with matters of public resources. What measures can we put in place to safeguard county government resources in the event a Governor loses election? The same PFM Act provides a safeguard to Members of Parliament as far as the usage of National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NGCDF) is concerned. view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Clause 4 of the Bill proposes to amend Section 8 of the Act. Basically, it wants to align the provisions in this section with the role of the Senate as provided for under Article 189 of the Constitution. 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
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Therefore, the amendment to Clause 4 gives more strength and powers to Section 8 on the role of the Senate in overseeing county governments. This Bill further proposes to include the Cabinet Secretary (CS) responsible for matters relating to finance in carrying out the functions provided under the Section, for the purpose of guiding the Senate and other players, on the implementation and moving of resources from one county to another vis-a-vis the proposals that are always made in the county allocations. view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: This Bill, as I said earlier on comes at the backdrop of the three-and-a-half years implementation matrix of county governments. This Bill wants to seal all the loopholes to make sure that prudent financial management is attained, more so as we approach the general elections. Clause 5 of the Bill proposes to amend Section 10 of the Act to enable county assemblies to request the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) for capacity building where necessary. This is very important and I have said it. When we established county assemblies, we never thought of establishing very important technical arms of the county ... view