Godana Hargura

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• 2 Mar 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I would like to thank Sen. Sakaja for bringing this Statement on the cash transfer for the elderly. I would urge the Chair to give us a breakdown of the segregation of Kshs8 billion per county, so that we know what each county is getting. This is because I know it is not covering everybody. In my county, there are few people who are benefitting. However, Madam Deputy Speaker, my issue is about making sure that, that fund reaches the beneficiaries. This is because the fund uses commercial banks to transfer the money. If you ... view
• 2 Mar 2021 in Senate: elderly person in Ileret, that person has to travel 500 Kilometers to Marsabit. Sometimes the money is not there, and he or she has to spend one or two days waiting for that money. Transport is a problem. Therefore, it will not be useful. With the kind of innovation we have like the mobile money transfer, the M-Pesa system, one should be able to get the amount of money he or she has been allocated, where he or she is by directly getting a cash transfer through the M-Pesa system. Let us make sure that these monies reach the beneficiaries ... view
• 2 Mar 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I would like to second the Motion on the adoption of the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) Report on the Auditor’s report for county executives for the Financial Year 2014/2015. As the Senate, we oversight the national revenue allocated to the county governments under Article 96(3) of the Constitution. Also, we examine the Auditor- General’s reports on the annual accounts of the counties. This Committee happened to be the avenue through which the Senate carries out its oversight on the county funds, by scrutinising the Auditor-General’s reports. The CPAIC had examined the Auditor-General’s ... view
• 2 Mar 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, for this particular Report, Financial Year 2014/2015, which was the second year of devolution, there are issues which are clearly not being taken up by the county governments in terms of getting into management of public resources. Unfortunately, they are still recurring. If you look at the past reports that were tabled by the CPAIC, which went up to 2017/2018, the same issues are still recurring. Among the issues, which are in this Report is not adhering to the budgets. Counties have approved budgets, which are approved by the county assembly. However, when the governors are implementing ... view
• 2 Mar 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, there is also the issue of under-collection of own source revenue. These reports indicate that counties are collecting less than what the defunct local authorities were collecting. The county governments have more resources and manpower to collect more but that is not happening. I do not believe that the county governments are under-collecting. I suspect that they are under reporting. Our Committee 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
• 2 Mar 2021 in Senate: has discovered that in the counties where collection of revenue is not automated, the collectors will have several sets of fake receipts which they will give out to people who are paying for various county services but the money will not be reflected in the county account. view
• 2 Mar 2021 in Senate: Another challenge that the counties are experiencing is the issue of spending at source; where the county own source revenue is not deposited in the County Revenue Fund (CRF) account as required by law so that whatever is collected is deposited, recorded and reverted back to them. The counties get authority from the Controller of Budget to spend funds from the CRF account. Many counties have been spending at source thus the revenue is not reflected in the CRF accounts leading to the assumption that they have under collected. The counties have been advised accordingly but the issue of spending ... view
• 2 Mar 2021 in Senate: they failed to provide information on time, they cite capacity challenge as the major reason. By engaging staff members in unprocedural ways, most county governments miss the opportunity to employ the right qualified persons. Irregular remuneration or compensation of staff members without following the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) circulars is also a major issue in the counties. Some members of staff in the counties are over remunerated without following the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) guidelines. Remuneration in most county governments is dependent on your relationship with the Governor. It does not follow any procedure. Madam Deputy Speaker, you ... view
• 2 Mar 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to second the adoption of this Motion and hope that the Members will support it. I hope that the counties can learn from these reports. Further, this report has recommendations on the actions to be taken against county government officials who have mismanaged the counties by failing to adhere to the set laws, failure to adhere to the budgets or failing to have the necessary policies. Our recommendations are very clear on the actions that need to be taken so it is just a matter of implementing them. If the recommendations we have given ... view
• 2 Mar 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