Cherarkey K Samson

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 May 2019 in Senate: summoned the people concerned with the National Integrated Identity Management System ( NIIMS ) famously known as Huduma Namba, the argument was that it does not concern counties. With the advent of this Bill, it will put to rest many of those issues that people have said do not concern counties. view
• 22 May 2019 in Senate: When you talk about security, what comes to mind are the unfortunate killings that are happening in Matungu Constituency in Kakamega County and the re-emergence of guns in Likoni in Mombasa County and in informal settlements in Nairobi City County. All these point to the critical role that security plays in the counties, in as much as many people would want to say that security is not a function of the counties. Anything that happens in any of the 47 counties touches on issues to do with county governments. When you look at the functions or powers of the county ... view
• 22 May 2019 in Senate: It is very interesting that the National Assembly would want to discuss issues that affect the county governments and yet they have been reducing their budget. A case in point is the Division of Revenue Bill, 2019, that is in mediation. There is also the issue of withdrawal from county revenue of public funds by counties and the management of 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
• 22 May 2019 in Senate: those funds, imposition of taxes and the charge for borrowing by the national Government. view
• 22 May 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, in the first term of devolution, I am one of the few people who went to court to seek interpretation on how county governments should borrow. They have developed a mechanism that they should be guaranteed by the national Government. Although we would not want to micromanage the county governments, it is also important that when we have the guarantee of the national Government, we do not have borrowing. This is so, because county governments were borrowing in a gluttonous way. They could not explain their expenditure. view
• 22 May 2019 in Senate: Many times, one of the reasons advanced is that there is slow disbursement of funds through the Integrated Finance Management Information System (IFMIS). The governors have complained a lot about it. There have been many issues concerning it. I hope this matter will be put to rest. On the issue of revenue collection, interestingly, many counties use manual ways. There should be a way of ensuring that county governments collaborate with KRA so that we have a uniform system of collecting revenue. This will ensure maximum collection of revenue. The Own-Source Revenue (OSR) in the county governments is below par. ... view
• 22 May 2019 in Senate: Clause 10(2) states that a Bill shall not be a money Bill if it provides---. This is for clarity because every time we come up with a Bill, the National Assembly rushes and says that it is a money Bill. If you look at the Indian Parliament, they have been directly elected by the people. I think they are trying to borrow from that aspect. I hope this Bill will put to rest some of these issues, for example, the imposition of taxes by a county government. I hope that in this second generation of county governments, we will not ... view
• 22 May 2019 in Senate: Clause 11 states that the speakers of respective Houses shall each signify on a certificate of joint concurrency in the form set out on the Schedule. Clause 15 says, “as provided for.” Article 93 of the Constitution states that Parliament is composed of the National Assembly and the Senate. Article 116 talks about presidential assent and gazettement of that law. Clause 12 and 15 states that before the presidential assent, there should be a concurrence certificate. That is very critical because by mere fact that our Senate Speaker and the Leader of Majority were present during assent, we cannot use ... view
• 22 May 2019 in Senate: In Clause 13, if there is a difference, we can always refer to the Supreme Court to seek advisory opinion. I hope when this Bill passes, the National Assembly will agree because the Senate, initially, when it was started, sought an advisory opinion on the Division of Revenue. I hope they will understand that all of this is in the best interest of the people. view
• 22 May 2019 in Senate: In conclusion, the mood of this House is that this Bill should be processed as soon as possible to assist us. In the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, we 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