Hon Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: There is, therefore, need to exercise caution in the accumulation of additional debt in order to ensure adequate fiscal space for planning and budgeting. view
• 6 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Moving on to financing of the 2018/2019 Budget and the medium-term, the Budget will be financed through domestic revenue estimated at Kshs1.923 trillion comprising of ordinary revenue of Kshs1.743 trillion and Appropriations-in-Aid amounting to Kshs179.95 billion. The proportion of revenue estimates to GDP for 2018/2019 is 19.6 per cent which is equivalent to that of 2017/2018 Budget. This means that in our revenue collection effort, all performance will remain fairly the same in the coming Budget as that of the current Financial Year ending at the end of this month. view
• 6 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Expected grants from foreign governments and international organisations will amount to approximately Kshs47.037 billion bringing the total revenues to Kshs1.970 trillion. Given that these resources are inadequate to finance the projected total expenditure and net lending amounting to Kshs2.533 trillion, the Government will need to finance about Kshs562.748 billion fiscal deficit through borrowing. view
• 6 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Moving on, submissions got from departmental committees as indicated in our Report to the Budget proposals for this coming Financial Year 2018/2019, were committed to the departmental committees of the National Assembly for review of the Budget proposals for each MDA within their purview. This Committee examined and discussed the Budget Estimates in line with their specific mandate and made both policy and financial recommendations which were submitted to the Budget and Appropriations Committee for incorporation in this Report. view
• 6 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: During these discussions with various departmental committees, some pertinent concerns and observations arose, notably, the issue of pending bills. This is a major concern that cuts across all MDAs and has led to increased project costs. Other major concerns include delayed project implementation, lack of necessary structures and enabling legislation to operationalise some funds. Duplication of some projects by different Government agencies, the reorganisation of Government and need for clarity on key deliverables of each MDA as well as the need to set up an emergency fund to repair all damaged roads and bridges across the country that have been ... view
• 6 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Moving on to the issue of public hearing in line with Article 221(5) of the Constitution, the Committee has adopted a framework where all counties will host public hearings over the next four financial years. The hearings will also take into account the Big Four Agenda initiatives. In this regard, the Budget and Appropriations Committee conducted public hearings on the proposed 2018/2019 Budget in the following 12 counties, namely, West Pokot, Kajiado, Bungoma, Nakuru, Kirinyaga, Tharaka Nithi, Nairobi, Migori, Nyamira, Marsabit, Mombasa and Makueni. It should be noted that the public hearings exercise generated significant interest across the country and ... view
• 6 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Institute of Social Accountability (TISA), the Kenya Disability Parliamentary Association under the chairmanship of Sen. Isaac Mwaura, the World Vision Kenya, Development Initiatives, International institute for Legislative Affairs, Dagoretti District Land Owners Association as well as Dagoretti Slaughter House Owners Association, Haki Jamii, African Population and Health Research Centre, Path, Oxfam, Institute of Public Finance, Health Rights Advocacy Kenya, National Taxpayers Association and the International Budget Partnership Kenya among others. The submissions received from the public as well as those received from organised groups covered a broad range of concerns from public financial management to infrastructure, mostly roads and energy, ... view
• 6 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: to be able to use part of the machinery supplied to that hospital and which the County Government of West Pokot is still paying for to the vendors. 6. Unequal development of school infrastructure: Many public primary schools are facing challenges with regard to infrastructure such as lack of enough classrooms, lack of power and other basic facilities. Some schools are still mud-walled and in dilapidated states. 7. Managed Equipment Services Programme under the Ministry of Health: It was observed that most hospitals in the counties that were visited have utilised the MES efficiently, but some are unable to utilise ... view
• 6 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: 4. That, a list of all pending bills should be provided by the National Treasury and they should be given priority in the 2018/2019 Budget to limit accrual of penalties in various MDAs. 5. That, the Government considers expanding the current leasing framework for motor vehicles for the entire public service as opposed to purchasing vehicles as this is quite expensive, to borrow from the National Police Service. We were assured by the National Treasury that they are, indeed, carrying out an audit of the leasing programme of police vehicles to be able to roll this out in other areas ... view
• 6 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, on financial recommendations, these are the Committee recommendations arising from public hearings. The Committee came up with three priority areas which need to be urgently addressed, namely, water, roads and basic social services (healthcare and education). The Committee, therefore, recommends the following: view