Charles Reubenson Kibiru

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to start by saying that I have been a Member of the CPAIC for the last many years. As I stand to support the adoption of the report, I am doing so from an informed position. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I do, I am a proud Senator from Kirinyaga County because I have seen the wonderful work the Members of County Assembly (MCAs) from Kirinyaga have done. Therefore, for all those who have agreed to pass BBI, heko kwenu . We are together all the way until we pass the Referendum Bill. I ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: whereas they have never collected Kshs150 million. When it comes to the budgeting process, we have emphasized that they must be realistic. I will bring a Motion here to find out the far we are on spatial planning. A law was passed and timelines given for counties and the national Government to take up this issue. This helps us in identifying how we are supposed to develop while showing areas where counties can collect own-source revenue. If we are to do a spatial planning and use system to know all properties in this country, some of the counties collecting meagre ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, as we move forward, we need to find out how the audit office can be facilitated to carry out performance audit. We lack on issues of performance audit. The auditor gets into a county and they try to establish whether a process was followed. For instance, there is a murram road that was to be done, but the auditor will always find out whether the procurement process followed the procedure. More often than not, even in procurement of goods and services, you will find that they over exaggerated in terms of market prices or value for money. ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: As the Committee on Finance and Budget, working with CPAC, we would want to see how we can enhance performance. We passed a Motion sponsored by yours truly in this House on issues of stalled projects. As I speak, stalled projects through the audit report still stand in excess of Kshs366 billion. We are losing value for money. The time value of our shilling is not being exploited; we are not using our shilling to add value in giving services to our people. I ask the organizations in charge, especially the National Treasury, to ensure the first charge in the ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: As I conclude, the issue of the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS), in terms of looking at how the counties collect their finance, is something that is not getting headway. The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has been trying to get into counties and helping them in collecting revenue. As it maybe, they continue collecting revenue because they have the systems. However, at the same time, counties need to strengthen their systems. They also need to offer jobs to the Information Communication and Technology (ICT) entrepreneurs. This is something we, as a Committee, are trying to see how we can ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: are done. Why do we continue having pending bills if the law is clear? IFMIS is supposed to help because you cannot procure goods when there are no funds. More often than not, counties always say the systems were down and they could not access them. The former Auditor-General proposed that it was the time we had two levels of IFMIS; one that deals with the national Government and another one that take cares of the county governments. This way, the systems would be more available and versatile in helping counties execute their mandate and offer services to citizens. Madam ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to start by saying that I have been a Member of the CPAIC for the last many years. As I stand to support the adoption of the report, I am doing so from an informed position. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I do, I am a proud Senator from Kirinyaga County because I have seen the wonderful work the Members of County Assembly (MCAs) from Kirinyaga have done. Therefore, for all those who have agreed to pass BBI, heko kwenu . We are together all the way until we pass the Referendum Bill. I ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: report. However, you get repeated issues over a period. You see a governor who has been there repeating the same issues. This is something the Senate needs to think about. If you are a governor, you must be held responsible to the extent that you should be signing the financial statements. In the private sector, organization Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and Directors sign to commit whatever has been prepared is the correct information as far as the auditors are concerned. Madam Temporary Speaker, a way forward is that governors must take the audit process very seriously. Some of the very ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, as we move forward, we need to find out how the audit office can be facilitated to carry out performance audit. We lack on issues of performance audit. The auditor gets into a county and they try to establish whether a process was followed. For instance, there is a murram road that was to be done, but the auditor will always find out whether the procurement process followed the procedure. More often than not, even in procurement of goods and services, you will find that they over exaggerated in terms of market prices or value for money. ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: As the Committee on Finance and Budget, working with CPAC, we would want to see how we can enhance performance. We passed a Motion sponsored by yours truly 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