Hon Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah

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• 5 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: On the question of public participation, fortunately, the Budget remains as had been proposed before. Let me also clarify, as I had mentioned, that the public participation initiative by the Budget and Appropriations Committee is not a kitty for Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. As I indicated in 2017, we have a four-year framework to ensure that we conduct public participation initiatives in all the 47 counties. So far, we have done 24 counties and this year, with the budget that is available, we should cover another 12 counties if the Budget and the Estimates stage remains as ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Speaker. I do not know whether it is their stay or tour of duty in the House this afternoon. Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on the Budget Policy Statement 2020 and the Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy for the Financial Year 2020/2021, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday 4th March 2020 and – (a) approves the Budget Policy Statement 2020 and the Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy for the Financial year 2020/2021; (b) resolves that the Budget Policy Statement so ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, for the benefit of Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo, as much as the entire Report might not be on the Order paper, he can, at least, see some of the resolutions and observations of the Committee at the back of the Order Paper. The Report was tabled. There must be copies. It must be his gadget that has a problem because I am told there are some Hon. Members who can access it. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I was just giving the backdrop of the very weak global economic outlook which has relations to our own local economy. Therefore, our economy may have the same challenges that are in the global economy but, more specifically, the outbreak of the coronavirus will also have an impact on our revenue projections. This economy is largely reliant on tourism, which will be hit hard this year by the coronavirus. Also, the locust invasion will affect our agricultural-based economy. Therefore, our revenues will be hard hit this year. Indeed, I can confirm that even for the current financial year, ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: I also wish to point out that, although the expectations of the BPS are very clear, the document, as submitted by the National Treasury, has consistently fallen short of its objectives. For instance, the document does not adequately assess tax and revenue mobilisation policies to aid the Committee to properly assess the adequacy of projected resources for the Financial Year 2020/2021 relative to expenditure demands. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Inadequate revenue policy information hinders the assessment of whether or not the projected tax collections are realistic, and whether the forecasted borrowing to address the fiscal deficit is realistic or not. Other missing information include a missing list of pending bills even though this is required by the law (Section 26 of PFM Regulations). Also missing is information on the level of budgetary expenditures by economic and functional classifications. This makes it very difficult for the Budget and Appropriations Committee, and the Departmental Committees, to assess the actual position and realities of our revenue estimates. It is also difficult to ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, at this juncture, I wish to state that, according to the PFM Regulation 27 (5), the development expenditure and personnel spending of the national Government as approved by Parliament are supposed to be binding for the next two years. As an illustration, the ceilings provided for development and personnel spending of the national Government in the 2020 BPS are not the indicative ceilings approved by the National Assembly during its consideration of the 2019 BPS last year. That example will tell you how unserious the National Treasury may look as they prepare the BPS for this year. This ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Indeed, the BPS has never adhered to this or any medium-term provisions for that matter, as required under the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF). This presents a challenge to the credibility of the budget process over time. Hon. Speaker, the credibility of the budget process is not just on this non-adherence to the MTEF, but also on issues that relate to the public debt and issues that relate to the realities of our revenue estimates. It is high time that, as a House, we spoke to the National Treasury to be more realistic in what they bring to us. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I have to refer to a number of documents, including the Report that the Hon. Member for Rarieda was speaking to. One of the issues that the Committee has also noted on the credibility of the BPS is that experience has shown that approving the BPS on an annual basis does not meet the original intention of the Medium Term Budget Framework Paper, which requires a multi-year perspective in determination of the resource envelope as well as expenditure allocations. This calls for holistic reforms in the budget process, including critically analysing the option of considering and approving the ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: The Committee is also concerned that the Government may be unable to meet its growth projection target for the next financial year due to challenges in Budget implementation. The 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. view