19 Feb 2019 in National Assembly:
Lastly, after the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya 2010, the procedure was not very clear. At the Third Reading stage, we will support the Chair and as friends of the Committee, we will present our inclusions. We all come from the various counties where a number of things need to be changed. So, during the Third Reading, the Chair should count on us to give some input which cannot be discussed here vividly.
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19 Feb 2019 in National Assembly:
Therefore, I support the Bill because it is very timely. The only thing I see is the need to dissolve some county governments because, as mentioned by some Members who have spoken before, services are not forthcoming. A devolved function like health is almost impossible. As we can see, nurses are on strike and are not ready to report back to work. This is because of poor management in the counties. Also, water services have failed. In fact, drainage is affected and I am afraid some constituencies in swampy areas will be affected by floods. So, some devolved functions in ...
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19 Feb 2019 in National Assembly:
Therefore, I support the Bill because it is very timely. The only thing I see is the need to dissolve some county governments because, as mentioned by some Members who have spoken before, services are not forthcoming. A devolved function like health is almost impossible. As we can see, nurses are on strike and are not ready to report back to work. This is because of poor management in the counties. Also, water services have failed. In fact, drainage is affected and I am afraid some constituencies in swampy areas will be affected by floods. So, some devolved functions in ...
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19 Feb 2019 in National Assembly:
There is need for us to have one or two county governments dissolved, so that they can serve as a lesson to the others, so that they can pull up their socks. We should look forward to meeting the Committee during the Third Reading stage, in order to come up with various amendments to beef up the Bill.
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19 Feb 2019 in National Assembly:
There is need for us to have one or two county governments dissolved, so that they can serve as a lesson to the others, so that they can pull up their socks. We should look forward to meeting the Committee during the Third Reading stage, in order to come up with various amendments to beef up the Bill.
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14 Feb 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I rise to support this detailed PFM (Amendment) Bill. However, my concern is on Section 38 of this Bill. I have two or three comments to make. We have had quite a number of programmes in the past. At times, we find programmes where the estimates sent to Treasury from Ministries and State departments are cut. We have had detailed programmes for development on various Ministries and State departments but, when they are forwarded to the Exchequer, they are cut without due reference to the people who have made those estimates. I think this Report makes it nice ...
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14 Feb 2019 in National Assembly:
Secondly, I have also looked at the financial reporting by the county governments. My concern is this: Before devolution, both county councils and municipal councils used to collect a lot of revenue. But I am surprised that, currently, what we are getting is very little. So, the reporting and the banking of the revenue is not clear. No wonder we have a lot of corruption in the county governments and, therefore, the revenue collected does not reflect what is happening on the ground. I hope that this proposal particularly on Section 163 of this Act will be able to cure ...
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14 Feb 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker.
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