Senator Dullo is the current Deputy Majority Leader of the Senate. She is the first elected woman Senator for Isiolo County. At 22 years she made history by serving as the first female District Officer from the Borana Community.
24 Sep 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, in fulfilling its mandate, the Ad Hoc Committee on Managed Equipment Services, was guided by the Constitution, the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Act, 2017, the Public Finance Management Act, 2012, the Public Procurement and Asset Disposals Act, 2015, the Senate Standing Orders, among others. Article 125 of the Constitution empowers both Houses of Parliament, and any of its committees, to summon any person to appear before it for the purpose of giving evidence or providing information. Article 125(2) of the Constitution further empowers a House of Parliament to enforce the attendance of witnesses and examine them on ...
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24 Sep 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, before I delve into the Report, I would like to express my gratitude to the Members of the Ad Hoc Committee on Managed Equipment Services for their commitment and dedication through the long hearing and sittings. I would also like to thank the Members of the Senate for their magnanimity in extending the term of the Committee whenever the Committee requested an extension. I further extend my appreciation to the various institutions and members of the public who either appeared before the Ad Hoc Committee on Managed Equipment Services or sent their submissions in the form of ...
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24 Sep 2020 in Senate:
Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to proceed. As we all know, health is a devolved function under Paragraph 2 of Part 2 of the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution. Further, the First Schedule of the Health Act provides that Level 1, through to Level 5 health facilities shall be managed by the county governments.
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24 Sep 2020 in Senate:
It is also important to note that funds for the MES Project form part of the conditional grants allocated to counties from the national Government share of equitable allocation. Indeed, according to the County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA), dating back to the FY 2015/2016, county governments have been allocated, through conditional grants, monies under the title “Conditional Allocation for Leasing of Medical Equipment.” 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.
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24 Sep 2020 in Senate:
According to the Act passed in the FY 2015/2016 to FY 2017/2018, each county government was allocated Kshs95,744,981 in each financial year. However, the grant as recorded in the CARA for 2018 increased in the FY 2018/2019 to Kshs200 million per county before marginally dropping to Kshs131,914,894 in the FY 2019/2020.
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24 Sep 2020 in Senate:
If I may bring this to the attention of Members, during investigation, there was a lot of hullaballoo whether the money belongs to the national Government or county governments. The Ministry argued that the money belongs to the national Government and not county governments. Members of this House know very well that the MES budget appeared in the CARAs throughout the financial years. Those challenges were there as far as the issues of budget were concerned. The National Treasury confirmed that the money is from the county governments.
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24 Sep 2020 in Senate:
Pursuant to Articles 94 and 96 of the Constitution, it is incumbent upon the Senate, as the protector of devolution and the constitutional body charged with overseeing national revenue allocation to county governments, to investigate the changes, anomalies and irregularities that arose during the course of the implementation of the MES Project.
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