Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi

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• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Sections 6 and 7 of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund Act and particularly subsection 2 provides for accumulation of NG-CDF funds. It also provides for carry forward. So, there is no time that the Treasury can refuse to release funds that were due to constituencies for a particular year, even if it is not in this financial year. It must be provided for in the subsequent years. Therefore, I want to make an appeal to the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee to ensure that in the subsequent Budget, supplementary Estimates I or II for the coming year, ... view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The National Government Constituencies Development Fund Act provides for carry forward of funds that have not been released for a particular financial year. It also provides for accumulation. There was a dispute of over Kshs4.9 billion that has not been provided in the Supplementary Estimates I, Supplementary Estimates II and even in the main Budget. It is important that it goes on record that the Treasury does not have power to retain funds that were allocated to constituencies. view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: We set up a subcommittee of our Committee and it comprised of representatives from the NG-CDF Board and the National Treasury, and it was chaired by Mr. Owila, who is the Finance Secretary at the National Treasury. The Committee looked at whether the National Treasury released money to the Board or not and whether the Board released money to the constituencies or not. Where the Board made a mistake is the fact that they used money for this financial year - the Kshs41 billion. They settled the arrears from 2011/2012 up to 2019/2020. Unless the money that The electronic version ... view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: is said to be arrears is provided for and released, the constituencies are going to continue to receive less. It means that we are not going to realise the Kshs137 million that was earmarked for this year. Therefore, the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee and I also want to enlist the support of the Leader of the Majority Party who has been very good to this point. I appreciate his daily calls to the Cabinet Secretary. Whenever I call, I am told he had called and asked them to release money. I would like the Chair of the ... view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: If that is not done, we are not going to receive all the funds. So, as a Committee, we have endeavoured to ensure that all the money that is received is transmitted to the constituencies. Unfortunately, we understand the situation in the country is not promising due to the reasons we all understand like the COVID-19 Pandemic among others. Last week, the National Treasury did not release the weekly disbursement. We are aware of the challenges we have even in Parliament. He has, however, assured us that next week, he is going to release about Kshs4 billion from the outstanding ... view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute on this issue. I have given a validation of what has been captured in the Supplementary Budget which is Kshs13.78 billion. I request Kshs4.9 billion to be captured, so that constituencies do not lose out. view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thank you very much. view
• 8 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to also contribute to the PAC Report. I join colleagues in commending the Chair and the Members of the PAC for this Report, which is very voluminous. I must admit I have been unable to read through. I have looked at some of the key issues. The PAC is a key Committee of this House. It is one of the very important and, in fact, the most important committees of this House. It is mandated to examine the appropriations that were voted by this House for public expenditure. At the same ... view
• 8 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Even if PIC, PAC and other committees do some good work, if there is no implementation of the recommendations, it will be a waste of time and public resources. We will continue to condone theft, pilferage and corruption within departments which have been pointed out by the Auditor-General every time he writes his reports. view
• 8 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: As I said, we must strengthen the Government agencies that are responsible such as the Directorate of Criminal Investigations and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission. These agencies must be equipped and allowed to deal with corrupt officers in our departments. If this does not happen, we will continue to witness this at the expense of development and the good things we desire for Kenyans. Unless we manage our resources properly, we will not realise the good things that we desire. view