Sen. George Khaniri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 511 to 520 of 1873.

• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, under the provision of the Standing order that I brought this Statement, it is your discretion to decide whether you want to commit it to a Committee or not. Given the weight of the matter, I request that you direct that the Committee on Health investigates and reports back to this House. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is another sad story. From the outset, I take this opportunity, on my own behalf and on behalf of the people of Vihiga County, to send my condolences to the families that were affected by that terrible tragedy. Here is a case 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
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: where innocent children and innocent parents who send their children to school to get education were caught in the tragedy, where greedy investors--- view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: We do not condemn investment in the education sector because the investors are doing a good job. However, as much as we encourage them to invest, they must put safety first. I think that is a just a case of carelessness and greedy by the investor. He was on television saying that he was overwhelmed. He said that he had put up good structures but when the enrollment went high, he had to put up other structures on top of the existing ones to accommodate the growing numbers. That is greedy. Why can he not just take what he can ... view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: We encourage the Ministry of Education, particularly those concerned with inspection, to ensure that they inspect all the schools, so that something like that does not recur. I send my condolences to the affected families. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: I thank you. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for this opportunity. I rise pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No. 47(1) to make a Statement on an issue of general topical concern regarding the successive failure of county governments to meet the own source revenue targets. This Statement could not have come at a better time. It is coming when we have just passed the Country Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA). I know that there are number of countries that were adversely affected, in that, they got a lower allocation of resources than what they were allocated last year, simply ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, before the establishment of county governments in 2013, some of the current counties were city, county, town, municipal or urban councils. These councils collected revenue and offered services to the people under the then Ministry of Local Government. One of the greatest wins for the people of Kenya in the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 is devolution, as we all know. Hence, from 2013, the governance of Kenya was divided into two levels; the national Government and the county governments. The Fourth Schedule to our Constitution distributes the functions between the two levels of government. Governments all ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Article 209(3) of the Constitution gives counties the power to collect revenue through property taxes, entertainment taxes, and any other taxes as authorized by Parliament. Further, Article 207(1) also dictates that all counties should establish a County Revenue Fund, where all revenue collected by the county governments should be deposited. The reasoning and advantage of OSR is that, in addition to encouraging financial independence of counties, it will provide more resources for development. I believe that after six years of devolution, there are many lessons that counties have learnt, which are crucial in improving revenue collection. ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: taxes due to the negative perception created. The public should be encouraged to participate in the process of making legislation concerning revenue and the county governments need to be open on their expenditure of public funds. Counties also need to urgently address public concerns on issues such as double and expensive taxation. In addition, counties need to conduct proper research on the possible tax opportunities in their respective jurisdictions. Currently, according to their budgets, most counties cannot exist without funding from the national Government because the own source revenue is not even 10 per cent of their total annual budget. ... view