Florence Kajuju

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it was also noted that on the issue of funds, it was important that the institutions should not re-allocate any unused funds. Instead they should return the funds to the Secretariat for purposes of better accounting systems. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: We also looked at the Budget Speech for the EAC for the 2014/2015 Financial Year. The Budget of the EAC was presented by Ms. Phyllis Kandie, who is the Chairperson of the Council of Ministers of the EAC and the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of East African Affairs, Commerce and Tourism of the Republic of Kenya on Thursday, 29th May, 2014 to the EALA. view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, one of the issues that the Cabinet Secretary (CS) noted in her speech was that--- The speech generally centred on advancing the regional integration process through supporting various initiatives for full implementation of the four pillars of the East African Community (EAC), namely the Customs Union, the Common Market, the Monetary Union and the realisation of a Political Federation. The speech of the CS is well stated in our Report that has been tabled before this House. Some of the issues that I would like to raise from the Budget speech are that the CS indicated ... view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if I may briefly point out the issues that were raised by the CS. She indicated that the Budget for the Financial Year 2014/2015 had increased by 11.45 per cent compared to the 2013/2014 Budget. In summary, the Budget Speech for the Financial Year 2014/2015 included a review of progress made in implementing the 2012/2013 Budget, the achievements that had been made, the planned activities of the institutions and the organs of the EAC and the sector specific priority areas for 2014/2015. view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on Page 12, I request Members to look at the various amounts that have been given to each of the institutions and one of them is towards implementation of the various pillars of the EAC. view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, over and above the institutions, I would like Members to note that there is the East African Monetary Union Protocol that, as we speak, has been placed before the Committee on Regional Integration for the Committee to be able to make a recommendation to bring to this House for it to agree on whether to ratify it. This is because the East African Monetary Union Protocol is, as established in the East African--- view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: It is okay, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like Members to note that the Monetary Union Protocol will be placed before this House for purposes of their ratification. view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I will go to the recommendations in view of the limitation of time. The Committee on Regional Integration noted the following seven recommendations. One of them is that there must be a proper oversight role given to the Assembly; there must be capacity building within East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), so that committees are able to understand their positions, and for more sensitisation. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Committee also noted that the EAC institutions have to effectively and efficiently utilise the resources that are allocated to them; we noted that for this to happen, internal auditors play an important role. view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the third finding of the Committee was that EAC institutions face funding and staffing shortfalls, and the Community must ensure they have other ways of getting money into the Community.What is very important to note is that about 70 per cent of the EAC Budget is donor funded and the key EAC programmes and projects are at the mercy of donors, which makes it impossible for the EAC to set its own agenda. So, the question by the Committee was: Whose agenda is the EAC satisfying? For the Community to be able to own the agenda ... view