29 Mar 2018 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I second the Motion. I must state that I am not from the airport to see off anybody. I am glad that the State has shown that the rule of law works in this country; that impunity is not one way, it has to be two ways. If there is impunity on the side of the State, there can also be impunity on those who purport…
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20 Mar 2018 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.
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20 Mar 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I stand on a question of relevance. Hon. T.J. Kajwang’ of the famed fake CJ is talking about “17 of us.” He has gone at length to talk about those he is calling peripherals and rural. This Bill, as the good Hon. T.J. Kajwang’ is aware, is about the metropolis. Therefore, when he continues talking about the “17 of us,” I am left wondering who these “17 of us” are. I was assuming he is talking about the 17 Members of Parliament from Nairobi County but there are also other Members of Parliament from Kajiado, Murang’a and the ...
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15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, the Division of Revenue Bill was read for the First Time in the National Assembly on Tuesday, 13th March 2018 and then it was committed to the Budget and Appropriations Committee, pursuant to Standing Order No.127(2) of the National Assembly.
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15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly:
The Division of Revenue Bill, 2018 provides for the equitable sharing of nationally raised revenue between the two levels of Government, as well as additional resources to counties in form of conditional allocations, in terms of grants and loans and the Equalisation Fund as provided for in our Constitution. The enactment of the Division of Revenue Bill, 2018 is critical in setting the stage for the preparation of the County Allocation of Revenue Bill for the Financial Year 2018/2019, which will inform the firming up and completion of the preparation of the annual Budget Estimates for the 47 county governments. ...
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15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly:
The Budget and Appropriations Committee wishes to thank your Office, the Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly and the Parliamentary Budget Office for the committed The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly:
assistance which was received as it discharged its mandate during deliberations on this Bill. On behalf of the Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, most of them are in this Chamber this afternoon, and as required under Article 204 and 221(5) of the Constitution, as well as Section 18(4) of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, 2012, it is with great pleasure that I table this Report for the House to note its contents, and then debate the approval of the Division of Revenue Bill for the Financial Year 2018/2019.
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15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly:
On the sharable revenue, the Division of Revenue Bill, 2018 provides that the projected total sharable revenue between the national Government and the county governments for the next Financial Year 2018/2019 will be Kshs1.688492 trillion. It comprises of the national Government’s share of Kshs1.369792 trillion, further Kshs4.7 billion towards the Equalisation Fund and Kshs314 billion that will go to the equitable share of revenue to county governments. Furthermore, the national Government share of revenue for 2018 as provided for additional and conditional allocations to the counties amount to a total of about Kshs17.231 billion. These allocations have been earmarked for ...
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15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly:
A further Kshs4.326 billion towards Level 5 hospitals across the country, a supplement of Kshs605 million for construction of county headquarters and Kshs2 billion for rehabilitation of youth polytechnics. It is worth noting that the county headquarters allocation of Kshs605 million is going to specific counties. From the Report, the Members will note a number of counties that will benefit from this allocation. They are Isiolo, Lamu, Nyandarua, Tana-River and Tharaka Nithi counties. It is also worth noting that this allocation is part of a three-year plan which began in the 2016/2017 Financial Year to supplement the five counties to ...
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15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, on the county government allocations, the Division of Revenue Bill, 2018 proposes to allocate Kshs372.741 billion to county governments as follows: A sum of Kshs314 billion equitable share to county governments, an additional conditional allocation of the share of national revenue of Kshs17.231 billion; a sum of Kshs4.7 billion towards the Equalisation Fund, Kshs8.269 billion from the fuel levy and Kshs33.2 billion conditional allocations for loans and grants.
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