Billow Kerrow

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Jun 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the matters raised by the petitioner regarding concerns that the budget making process was not followed as required in law and in the Standing Orders is a very serious issue. Therefore, I want to say that it is a matter of concern among many counties. Indeed, the executive and the county governments for some reasons are not complying with the requirements of the law in regard to the process. Budgets are crafted in a manner that leaves a lot to be desired and which is inimical to the process of law and to the Standing Orders ... view
• 30 Jun 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, okay. I want to urge the county governments to put the interests of the counties first in the process of preparing their budgets because there is a lot at stake. There is the whole process of ensuring that the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 30 Jun 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is more or less the same question you had asked. I was also wondering why the reports are coming in, piecemeal. I was particularly concerned about my own county’s report because when an audit is done, there are two stages; there is the field audit and once it is completed, then it comes to Auditor-General for him to review and sign the report. I am getting reports that their field work has been completed with some qualifications – You know what qualified audit report means; a disclaimer on opinion and something ... view
• 30 Jun 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I cannot see Sen. Gwendo around. Could I proceed? view
• 30 Jun 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have seen her. I wish to respond to the Statement because it has been pending for the last three or four months. We have had the answer from March. However, every time we want to respond, she is normally not around. I will rather that if we cannot give it to the House, then we should drop the issue. I cannot be coming with the response every time. view
• 30 Jun 2015 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 16 Jun 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also reiterate the position raised by my colleagues about the petition, particularly the petition on Mandera County Government. I laud Kenyans for exercising their rights under the new Constitution, in particular, the right to petition the Senate so that it can determine issues that have been raised. The number of petitions that are coming in is an indicator that there are some institutions at view
• 16 Jun 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the honourable Senator for Narok made some serious allegations. If there is Kshs54 million that the Auditor-General has identified and we sat on it, with all due respect, the Senator knows this Committee. He can table any specific issue because we have the audit report and we raised the issues. The HANSARD is available to that effect. Whether there is any misappropriation of revenue and the auditors are categorical that they have not found any, if there is any information that he has, he is at liberty to give it to us and even appear before our ... view
• 16 Jun 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the County Allocation of Revenue Bill (Senate Bill No.5 of 2015) be now read a second time. This is a very important Bill in this House. It is one of the Bills that have specifically been identified in the Constitution as originating from this House. It also touches on the core mandate of this House on allocation of resources to county governments. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Bill provides for the allocation of revenue which is raised nationally and also conditional allocations among county governments for the Fiscal Year 2015/2016. The ... view
• 16 Jun 2015 in Senate: This week. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we want to know why the county roads are still with the national Government. If those county roads are transferred the way we did when we did the transfers of all those functions, the entire RMLF should go to the county governments and not 15 per cent. Instead of them getting Kshs30 billion, they are getting Kshs3.3 billion. This is a matter that this House needs to stand up and be counted so that the counties can get their rights. Those are the specifics. Details are also available in the Bill. It describes each ... view