Cherarkey K Samson

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 6131 to 6140 of 6965.

• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity to support this Motion. From the outset, I congratulate Sen. Kibiru, the Senator for the great people of Kirinyaga County, and also the Chairperson of the Committee on Tourism, Trade and Industrialization for this well thought out Motion. This Motion will assist all our counties in the completion of all stalled projects through budgetary management. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, this Motion comes at a time when, at some point, I was discussing with some Members on the possibility of looking at the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act; the regulations on how to ensure that when a project is being started, especially by the county governments, the law should obligate them to complete such projects. This Motion is informed by the fact that some of the Governors we are having are either serving their first term and, therefore, they think it is politically incorrect or not economically justifiable to finish or continue with the projects that their ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: I want to encourage Sen. Kibiru to ensure that he comes up with amendments to look at the PFM Act and the County Governments Act so that we can make county governments to be obligated. For example, if in Kajiado County, where you come from, they decide to build 30 Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres in 30 wards or in three sub-counties today, there should be a possibility of obligating the county government, through the budgetary allocation, to ensure that, that project is completed. Madam Temporary Speaker, I have seen our President saying that we have the Presidential Delivery Unit ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, on this issue of stalled projects, we have had Kshs366 billion and 545 projects that were being named. I was in the meeting where the President, his Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, was the chief guest during the launch of the Strategic Judiciary Report for the next five years. One of the major impediments, especially to the stalled projects nationally, is because of many court cases. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: The meeting of the Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council (IBEC) meeting yesterday, which was chaired by the Deputy President and other members of the CoG, released Kshs365 billion to try and pay the pending bills. This is in accordance to the Presidential directive on Madaraka Day, which took place in Narok. Therefore, the President implored the Judiciary, through its Chief Justice, David Maraga, to ensure it does not become part of the impediment. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: I know that the stake in some of these Government projects is so high – it is high octane – such that many people would want to move to court and maybe block a project. Because of procurement procedures and the existence of the Public Procurement Oversight Authority (PPOA), people would move to court because of lack of public participation; or maybe the fact that there were vested interests, and somebody else was awarded the projects. This has led to some of the stalled projects in counties. What does this tell us? We do not want to reduce the Judiciary ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: Government projects, which is very good. We want everybody to show us what they have sown, because what you reap is what you have sown. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: My second point on the issue of stalled projects, is the pending bills. You will find that some contractors are on site, but because they have raised a certificate, they were not given mobilization resources after being given the letter of award of that contract. They, therefore, go ahead and leave that project. There are so many roads in this country that some companies were given to construct. For example, if you go to Makueni, Machakos, across the 47 counties and even in your County, Kajiado, the roads there have stalled. I have heard Sen. Ochillo-Ayacko telling us that in ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: Amen, Madam Temporary Speaker. Sen. Kibiru should look at the stalled projects in terms of pending bills and procurement up to the point where the services are delivered. Some of those projects have stalled because of cases that are in court. There are cases where the contractor has not been paid hence he just wants to frustrate that project. It is good that Sen. Kibiru is sitting with Sen. (Eng.) Maina, who has a wealth of experience in dealing with mega projects in this country. I hope that he will assist him develop some of the ideas that we are ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: former Governor was constructing the stadium but the new Governor does not want to complete it. He has started building something that looks like a kiosk next to the old stadium. That makes you wonder the rationale for that. Why should you build a different stadium yet there is a stadium that just needs completion? That is total wastage of resources. We must look for legal amendments to deal with the stalled projects. We must obligate the county governments. If Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. becomes the Governor of Makueni County, he does not have to walk away from the projects ... view