Billow Kerrow

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• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the procedure in the House nowadays is that before a Statement is responded to here, all the people who sought it and those who are supposed to respond are sent a message by the Clerk’s office so that we know we have a statement. Secondly, the response is available in the Clerk’s office and the journals office. It is not the Chairman who distributes the copies. I want the hon. Member to appreciate that he could The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the procedure in the House nowadays is that before a Statement is responded to here, all the people who sought it and those who are supposed to respond are sent a message by the Clerk’s office so that we know we have a statement. Secondly, the response is available in the Clerk’s office and the journals office. It is not the Chairman who distributes the copies. I want the hon. Member to appreciate that he could The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to issue a Statement that was sought by the Senator for Kakamega County who sought a statement from the National Treasury on the delays of disbursement of funds to county governments. The Statement is very long and hon. Senator has a copy, so I will just go through some of the key areas briefly. The first aspect of the Statement is the status of disbursements to counties as at 31st January 2016. As you are aware, the response was sent before the end of February that is why the figures reflect up to 31st ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to issue a Statement that was sought by the Senator for Kakamega County who sought a statement from the National Treasury on the delays of disbursement of funds to county governments. The Statement is very long and hon. Senator has a copy, so I will just go through some of the key areas briefly. The first aspect of the Statement is the status of disbursements to counties as at 31st January 2016. As you are aware, the response was sent before the end of February that is why the figures reflect up to 31st ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, Sen. Khaniri is right. I am sorry. The response came from the office of Controller of Budget. As at 30th June 2015, the counties had accumulated pending Bills amounting to Kshs37.46 billion. This amount consisted of Kshs9.25 billion for Recurrent Expenditure and Kshs28.21 billion for Development Expenditure. The details per county are provided. The hon. Senator has a copy; it gives the breakdown for each of the 47 counties with the highest amount being Bungoma County with Kshs2.5 billion. Of course, there are a number of counties with over Kshs1 billion. The aggregate pending bills of Kshs37.46 ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, Sen. Khaniri is right. I am sorry. The response came from the office of Controller of Budget. As at 30th June 2015, the counties had accumulated pending Bills amounting to Kshs37.46 billion. This amount consisted of Kshs9.25 billion for Recurrent Expenditure and Kshs28.21 billion for Development Expenditure. The details per county are provided. The hon. Senator has a copy; it gives the breakdown for each of the 47 counties with the highest amount being Bungoma County with Kshs2.5 billion. Of course, there are a number of counties with over Kshs1 billion. The aggregate pending bills of Kshs37.46 ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, first, I thank Members because the issues that they have raised are very genuine and fundamental. Let me clarify a number of issues and also propose a way forward on this matter. First, I advise Members that the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act limits the amount of information or the role played by the Controller of Budget to whom this question was addressed. This is why the Controller of Budget was very specific. She could only get information based on reports submitted to her by county treasuries. They are only required to submit reports to the Controller ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, first, I thank Members because the issues that they have raised are very genuine and fundamental. Let me clarify a number of issues and also propose a way forward on this matter. First, I advise Members that the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act limits the amount of information or the role played by the Controller of Budget to whom this question was addressed. This is why the Controller of Budget was very specific. She could only get information based on reports submitted to her by county treasuries. They are only required to submit reports to the Controller ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. First, I want to advise the Members that personally - I appreciate the concern by the Senators - I have no doubt that pending bills will be over Kshs100 billion as I speak today. To find a solution, if we interrogate the law carefully, I am sure we will find a way in which we can demand that the county governments, not only provide the detailed information, but also limit the ability by the county governments to put the public into debt. That is the most important to do in order to make sure that ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. First, I want to advise the Members that personally - I appreciate the concern by the Senators - I have no doubt that pending bills will be over Kshs100 billion as I speak today. To find a solution, if we interrogate the law carefully, I am sure we will find a way in which we can demand that the county governments, not only provide the detailed information, but also limit the ability by the county governments to put the public into debt. That is the most important to do in order to make sure that ... view