Billow Kerrow

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Aug 2014 in Senate: Mr. Chairman, Sir, in the Mediation Committee, we discussed that matter. Article 187 refers to a situation where under the Intergovernmental Relations Act, one level of government can transfer a function to be carried out by another level of government. It does not refer to a situation where, under the Fourth Schedule, a function has actually been devolved to a particular Government. This case of Level 5 hospitals is under the Fourth Schedule. Except the national referral hospitals, all the other hospitals were transferred by the Transition Authority (TA) to the county governments. For example, if Kakamega County desires that ... view
• 5 Aug 2014 in Senate: Mr. Chairman, Sir, if the hon. Senator can pay attention. He seems to be running around. view
• 5 Aug 2014 in Senate: Mr. Chairman, Sir, he is not coming to me. He seems to be consulting his lawyer in the middle of the debate. view
• 5 Aug 2014 in Senate: Mr. Chairman, Sir, the second point that I want to raise is that in addition to the Kshs1.87 billion, we advised the Council of Governors that out of their Kshs226 billion-- - view
• 5 Aug 2014 in Senate: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I just wanted to inform the hon. Senator that out of the Kshs226 billion that we have given, we have agreed with the Governors with Level 5 hospitals that they will allocate additional money from their resources. So, it is not as if 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
• 5 Aug 2014 in Senate: Mr. Chairman, Sir, we had an agreement that the amendment that was to be moved by Sen. Elachi be withdrawn and an alternative, which was approved by the Speaker, be moved by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.. view
• 5 Aug 2014 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Chairman, Sir. view
• 5 Aug 2014 in Senate: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I want to support the amendment. I want Senators to appreciate what we are trying to do. There have been concerns and all Senators are aware that county assemblies have been spending huge amounts of money on very unnecessary expenditure like travel and allowances. They have really been living large. This matter has been raised in the quarterly report by the Controller of Budget. We have seen this in the reports by the Controller and Auditor-General. We have also seen extensive reports in the media and complaints by everyone that these guys are spending a lot of ... view
• 5 Aug 2014 in Senate: Mr. Chairman, Sir, a point of order can always be sought under the Standing Orders because we have to also be very careful that even in giving our views and opinions on a particular Motion, we do not mislead. Mr. Chairman, Sir, in this House, just a couple of weeks ago, we passed the Division of Revenue Bill. That Bill, in essence, was sharing out money between two levels of Government. What we are setting out to do in this Motion is doing the same thing; setting out money between two levels of one government. So, there is nothing unconstitutional ... view
• 5 Aug 2014 in Senate: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT the Bill be amended by inserting the following new clause immediately after clause 10— Amendment of paragraph 12 11A. Paragraph 12 of the Second Schedule to the Public Finance Management Act of the Second Schedule to is amended by deleting the expression “2014/15” appearing after the words “and in the Public Finance the” and substituting therefor the expression “2015/16”. Management Act. Mr. Chairman, Sir, what the Public Finance Management Act now requires is programme-based budgeting, effective from 2014/2015. What we are requesting is that, that effective date for programme-based budgeting be pushed ... view