Charles Reubenson Kibiru

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give Notice of the following Motions: - view
• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, the amendments by the National Assembly to the County Governments Grants Bill (Senate Bill No. 35 of 2021) be considered. view
• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: You will all recall that we did quite a considerable amount of work when coming up with this Bill. The County Governments Grants Bill (Senate Bill No. 35 of 2021) was sponsored by the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Budget and was introduced to the Senate on 6th July, 2021. The introduction of the Bill was prompted by the judgement by the High Court Petition No.252 of 2016. view
• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker Sir, the Bill seeks to provide a framework for the transfer of additional allocations under Article 202(2) of the Constitution from the national Government’s share of revenue and from the development partners to the county governments. After approval of the Bill by the Senate, the Bill was transmitted to the National Assembly for consideration and concurrence. Mr. Speaker Sir, the High Court held inter-alia that conditional grants cannot be included in the division of revenue and therefore Division of Revenue Act. The High Court was of the position that as set out in Article 218 of the Constitution ... view
• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker Sir, upon receipt of the judgement, the Committee had to reengineer a framework and mechanism through which conditional grants would be disbursed to the country governments without violating the principles of the PFM Act. A legislative framework similar to the County Allocation of Revenue Act must be put in place to allow disbursement of funds to the counties. The Bill seeks out the information that was previously contained in the Second and Third Schedule of the County Allocation of Revenue Act. It is important to note that, for the current financial year 2021, counties have not received any ... view
• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: issue of financing of transferred functions in the provisions of the Bill introduces an issue outside the scope of the Bill, which would be properly dealt with through a separate legislation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, from the foregoing, the Committee recommends that the Senate rejects all the amendments passed by the National Assembly to the County Governments Senate Grants Bill No.35 of 2021. We thought through this Bill, met a number of key stakeholders including the Council of Governors (CoG), the Commission of Revenue Authority (CRA), the Controller of Budget (COB), the Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, the National ... view
• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion: view
• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget on the 2022 Budget Policy Statement and the Medium Term Debt Management Strategy, laid on the Table of the Senate on Tuesday, 21st December, 2021, and pursuant to Section 25 (7) of the Public Finance Management Act and Standing Order 180 (7) of the Senate approves the 2022 Budget Policy Statement. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this one will take a bit of time. The Clerk and Sen. Poghisio reminded me that if it was in the earlier dispensation, I would be the Minister of Finance, so give ... view
• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: The 2022 Budget Policy Statement (BPS) and the Medium Term Debt Management Strategy (MTDMS) were tabled on Wednesday, 1st December, 2021 pursuant to the Senate Standing Order No. 184. The 2022 BPS and MTDMS were committed to the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget for consideration. The Committee was required to deliberate and table a report containing the recommendations on the BPS within 12 days and we did that. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 180(5) of the Senate Standing Orders, the Committee invited the Cabinet Secretary, National Treasury and Planning, the Commission of Revenue Allocation (CRA) and the Council of ... view
• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: The theme for the BPS 2022 is “Accelerating Economic Recovery for Improved Livelihood.” The policies in the BPS have also been anchored on the Medium-Term Plan III of the Vision 2030 as prioritized in the Big Four Agenda and the Third Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP). The BPS is the most critical document in the budget process. This is because it is the basis upon which the Division of Revenue Bill, the County Allocation of Revenue Bill and the Budget Estimates for the subsequent year and over the medium term, are prepared. The BPS indicates that the total Budget is expected ... view