Charles Reubenson Kibiru

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Jun 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, we even proposed to the National Treasury that they should have an overdraft from the Central Bank so that counties must get money as and when it is due. When we talked to the National Treasury they said that sometimes the counties have monies that are in excess of Kshs500 million so they cannot disburse funds to them. Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. asked who gave them the permission to do that. This is because once we pass the law, when the schedule becomes due, the National Treasury will have no mandate to alter whatever we will do. ... view
• 2 Jun 2021 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Since this is a House of record, we are not saying that the money that remains should be taken to the counties. The issue is that when county assemblies budget but money is not disbursed on time, for instance, we are in June, their money ordinarily gets lost. It is not used by the county assemblies but the county executives. That is the mischief we want to cure. view
• 2 Jun 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will start by thanking all the Senators who have contributed and more so the Senators who have been with us for that extended time. It seems we will leave here past 10.00 p.m. because I intend to take quite some time in thanking the Senators starting with the Senator for Nandi County. Having said that, a few issues have been raised and probably this will not be the time to capture them in the Bill but I assure the House and the Senate for that matter that we shall be bringing the Public Finance Management ... view
• 2 Jun 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 2 Jun 2021 in Senate: made a number of amendments. One of the amendments was to safeguard how the county assemblies get their money. We have also included an amendment that will ensure that the county governments do not over budget. They cannot extend their wish list by over committing or over stating their own source revenue. One of the recommendations is that they shall be required to use a moving average of three previous year’s actual collection for them to make realistic budgets. We think that over committing is the reason we have huge pending bills. view
• 2 Jun 2021 in Senate: The issue of stalled projects has also been mentioned. Senators want us to put in a Clause stating that the stalled projects should be first completed. However, this House passed a Motion that was sponsored by yours truly. That Motion directed that a county government must first finish the stalled projects before undertaking new projects. As a committee, we will be following up with the concerned Ministry and the concerned county government to see if it is being done. view
• 2 Jun 2021 in Senate: Finally, there is a concerted effort between the CRA, National Treasury and the committee to ensure that we come up with enhanced methods of increasing own source revenue in the counties. view
• 2 Jun 2021 in Senate: Pursuant to Standing Order No.61 (3), I request that the putting of the question be deferred to tomorrow. view
• 11 May 2021 in Senate: Can I also vote for Meru? Kirinyaga votes yes. view
• 11 May 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I vote yes. view