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  • 8 Jun 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Bill for the simple reason that our counties need money so that they can discharge their devolved functions. I, first, register my protestations that the Kshs385.425 billion we are sharing today is not what we intended to send to counties. The figure of Kshs405 billion we had initially proposed was inadequate but it is unfortunate that we, the honorable Senators and protectors of devolution, contributed in reducing the allocation to counties. I also bring to the attention of this House the fact that our counties are really suffering from late ... view
  • 8 Jun 2023 in Senate: 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
  • 8 Jun 2023 in Senate: Disbursements for the County Government of Nyamira for the months of January and February were disbursed in March, together with the disbursement for the month of March. KRA does not want to engage in any discussions yet this is one Government. Today, as we speak, the County Government of Nyamira is yet to receive disbursement for the month of April and May. KRA has already issued agency notices to the County, threatening to attach their accounts again. We need order and we need this Government to be functional. You cannot have a government where KRA is attacking another government entity. ... view
  • 8 Jun 2023 in Senate: I want us to look at this matter in a bipartisan manner. The only obligation that the Constitution bestows to the national Government is policy. All these issues of housing projects and the custodian of land in counties is the preserve of county governments. If you read Article 96, you will arrive at a conclusion that the proposed amendment in the Finance Bill touching on housing cannot have constitutional validity, unless it is considered by the two Houses. view
  • 8 Jun 2023 in Senate: The devil is always in the detail. Why is the Government making such a fundamental policy proposal, hidden in a Finance Bill? Why was that law not brought as a stand-alone, so that the two Houses could discharge their constitutional mandate? That is a matter that affects counties directly. I urge my colleagues – whether from the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) or the Azimio la Umoja, One Kenya Alliance – to stand up and defend the Constitution. I urge that we do this by insisting that that provision is dropped. If not, then we must insist that it comes to ... view
  • 8 Jun 2023 in Senate: 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
  • 8 Jun 2023 in Senate: healthcare and the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) is being honored, you can now ask for housing levy. For now, on behalf of the people of Nyamira County, I am clear that we do not want the housing levy. I will oppose it when I get the opportunity on the Floor, out there or in court. I support. view
  • 30 May 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to be on record as fully and wholeheartedly supporting the Motion on the Floor that recommends that the sittings of the Senate be held in the County of Turkana. I hope that while in Turkana, we will tell the people of Turkana how much the Senate loves them. Sen. Cherarkey will confirm that in the last Session, during the revenue sharing discussions, Turkana County was meant to lose over Kshs1 billion. If it was not for the intervention and the fact that the Senate stood firm, they would have lost over Kshs1 billion. Therefore, it ... view
  • 30 May 2023 in Senate: 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
  • 30 May 2023 in Senate: money we have been sending to Turkana County has given water to the people of Turkana. Let us go and find out if there are boreholes. We have been receiving reports indicating that boreholes have been sunk for the people of Turkana County. That will be a golden opportunity for us to go to the ground to see whether what is on paper is really the position on the ground. Let us tour hospitals in Turkana because health is a devolved function. There is a big debate now on whether health functions should remain under the counties or be reverted ... view

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