Erick Okong'o Mogeni

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• 16 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. First, I think I am one of the few Members who will be handling this matter because I serve in the Committee on Delegated Legislation. I want to thank you for bringing on board the other Members of the Committee on Finance and Budget. I think we are between a rock and a hard place because this is one of those issues where we will either affirm or reject. According to the law, we have no room to amend this subsidiary legislation once it comes to the House. This is happening at a time ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in Senate: I think this gives us an opportunity as a House to look into this matter very objectively, putting the interests of this country first, more than anything else. I do not mind if the National Assembly can pass this even without any debate because they do not represent counties and their governments. view
• 16 Oct 2019 in Senate: We all know that the more we borrow, the more we shrink allocations to counties. Before we do any allocations, the first charge is to take care of our public debt. The more we borrow, the more we must warn ourselves that next year, allocations to our respective counties will shrink. That is a fact that we must bear in mind as Senators. I think that is why under Article 96, our first duty is to protect our counties and their governments. I agree with you that we need to ensure that this matter is given due attention. There should ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in Senate: We are introducing figures, meaning that we are doing away with those considerations of GDP. Although I am not an economist, GDP is used to measure the ability of our country to repay debts. If we are making this substantive shift, we are doing away with GDP, how are we going to mathematically arrive at a conclusion that we will be able to pay what we are borrowing? view
• 16 Oct 2019 in Senate: This is a matter that is of serious public interest. We need to warn ourselves that we should allow this country to place itself at risk of being unable to make future repayments of the money we borrow. We need to ensure that we are not placing ourselves in a situation where we are not only mortgaging ourselves, but even the future of our generations. view
• 16 Oct 2019 in Senate: We need to ensure that we do serious public participation and not understand from the Treasury. What are we projecting in terms of our collection? The Government of Japan can borrow because their liquidity is good. How is our liquidity as our country? We should not compare ourselves with countries like Japan because they have better liquidity than us. view
• 16 Oct 2019 in Senate: I want to hear the concerns of us the representatives of the people. We should avoid this rapid rise in public debt in the pretext of pushing up public sector development. Is there good value for money? We have borrowed before and we do not know where this money goes. 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
• 16 Oct 2019 in Senate: This is the moment for us as Senators, to prove to the country that we are the “Upper House” and that we can act in public interest. Our public interest will begin with the interests of our counties. I really hope that we will stand up to be counted and that Kenyans can, for once, see that there is a Senate; the “upper House” and acts in the public interest. view
• 16 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you. view
• 16 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. First, I want to register my appreciation and hearty congratulations to the Members of the Committee for the good work that they are doing in oversighting our counties and trying to make our governors realise that they are accountable to the people that elected them. 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