16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly:
to the constituencies and the rural areas. The NG-CDF is one of the most efficient and effective funds that gets money to the grassroots. The National Treasury must ensure that from 2nd July 2020, the Exchequer releases to the NG-CDF are done expeditiously to ensure that money trickles down to our grassroots to help stimulate the economy post-Covid-19. In the new Financial Year, we will be dealing with the post-Covid-19 economy.
view
16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Chairman, please give the Chairman of the Committee a chance.
view
16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I was trying to figure out whether the Member seated there is Hon. Mbui.
view
16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly:
I was taking keen interest because there is something he raised in the morning in relation to money being allocated in this Budget relating to water, especially for drilling of wells, water pans and underground tanks. If you read the Report that was adopted by this House in our policy recommendations, Hon. Mbui will note that on Page 20, there was, indeed, a recommendation that the project on rehabilitation of wells, water pans and underground tanks in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands using locally available labour under the Kenya Post COVID-19 Stimulus Programme be taken to the agency that has the ...
view
16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. As has been read out by the Clerk-at-the-Table, you will realise that part of the money being allocated under this Vote is going towards political parties. Indeed, all our parliamentary political parties are public entities that are funded by the taxpayers. I was hoping the Chair of the Special Funds Accounts Committee or the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) would be in this House because I have checked, and many of our political parties, as much as we are appropriating resources and giving them taxpayers' money, are not being accountable in the ...
view
16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly:
I, therefore, want to challenge the Chair of PAC, the Special Funds Accounts Committee and the Select Committee on Implementation, to ensure that the Registrar of Political Parties does her work to ensure that all political parties in this country, irrespective of whether a party is in power or not, are accountable to the Kenyan taxpayers. Long gone are the days when political parties were funded solely by contributions from members. They are now public entities and the reason why our 2010 Constitution allowed political parties to be funded by taxpayers was to enable our democracy to grow. Therefore, we ...
view
16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly:
I, therefore, want to insist that the Chairs of the respective committees that oversee the Registrar of Political Parties must ensure that she gives this House reasons as to why some of these parliamentary political parties are not complying with the law.
view
16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I beg to move that the Committee of Supply reports to the House its consideration of the Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2020/2021 in respect of the following Votes: Vote 1011, 1021, 1023, 1032, 1035, 1041, 1052,1064, 1065, 1066, 1068, 1071, 1072, 1081, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1108, 1109, 1112, 1122, 1123, 1132, 1134, 1152, 1162 and 1166, and its approval thereof without amendments, and seek leave to sit again today.
view
16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report. I also request Hon. Samuel Moroto to second the Motion for agreement with the Report by the Committee of Supply on the Budget Estimates for the FY 2020/2021.
view
16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I also want to echo Hon. Kimunya’s sentiments. We have, indeed, seen commissioners of some independent 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