Farhiya Ali Haji

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: The Committee held 22 meetings. It considered the Division of Revenue Bill (National Assembly Bills No.7 of 2021); the County Allocation of Revenue Bill (Senate Bills No.30 of 2021); and, the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.31 of 2020). view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: The Committee is scheduled to hold meetings with the Controller of Budget (CoB), the Council of Governors (CoG), the Auditor-General and the Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to further deliberate on the challenges encountered by regular users of systems and possible mitigation measures. Regarding a Statement concerning cushioning of Kenyans from the negative socio-economic impact of COVID-19 caused by partial lockdown requested by Sen. Omanga, the Committee has sought information from the National Treasury and the response is yet to be submitted. Again, regarding the Statement concerning the merger of Government agencies to form the Kenya Transport ... view
• 6 Jul 2021 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
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: requested by Sen. Cheruiyot, the Committee has sought information from the National Treasury and the response is yet to be submitted. view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: Another activity the Committee has undertaken is to monitor counties’ budgets. Following the request for intervention by the County Assembly of Bungoma, the Committee held meetings with the CoB, Bungoma County Executive and Bungoma County Assembly to consider allegations on deliberate denial by the Governor and the CECM Finance to allow the County Assembly access revenue allocated for FY 2020/2021. The matter is under deliberation and the Committee will issue an advisory on 9th July, 2021. view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: The Committee has been following up with the National Treasury and Planning on the matter of delayed disbursement of equitable share to the counties. When the disbursement of April was delayed by a month, the Committee invited the Cabinet Secretary in charge of the National Treasury for a meeting. After deliberations, the Cabinet Secretary committed to prioritise the release of April disbursements. The disbursements were made the same week in April. It was confirmed on 5th July, 2021 that the counties equitable share for FY 2020/2021 has been disbursed in full. view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: I now want to look at the activities of the Committee in the next quarter. An investigation on the efficiency of the IFMIS on the county governments’ operations is also being considered. For now, that is what we are considering. In future, more activities will follow when new Statements come. view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, this is one of the most active committees in the House because of its nature. One of the emerging issues, where I have a Statement on, is that the accounting profession is under threat in terms of financial malpractices. This is because sometimes accountants are threatened whenever there is fraud following instructions from their managers. When an offence is committed, it is the accountants who pay for it. view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: One example is the whistleblower of the Maasai Mara University. As it was mentioned, that person has now been suspended by a committee of the university. Where is recourse in this country in terms of fighting corruption? When someone becomes a whistleblower of a grand corruption to save public money, the person is still victimized. How serious are the agencies concerned with fighting corruption? How do they protect accountants who put their lives at risk by exposing grand corruption, but end up paying the price by losing their jobs? Madam Temporary Speaker, I have a Statement on that, but I ... view
• 6 Jul 2021 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