Isaac Maigua Mwaura

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 571 to 580 of 1711.

• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: argument. Our argument for DORA is scientific. It was based on some precedent. In the year 2015, this same House forced the Division of Revenue to pass through the National Assembly. In that same spirit, we knew our base was Kshs 314 billion, and our inflation 6.9 per cent. We even became more scientific by saying let us make inflation at 4 per cent. What is this that we backed out for other than looking like we are a sharing a carcass on a butcher‘s table? Mr Speaker, Sir, even on the illegality of changing the commencement date, how do ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. If we needed to see the success of devolution, we just need to look around at where we are seated. If it was not for devolution, there would not be such a facility, conceptualized for a far flung county as Kitui. Devolution has actually played a very critical role; it is like the advertisement of Tusker, it has no equal, it has made us equal. This is because, now, each county has some kitty that they can run to in order to ensure that they have services for their people. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, having said that, we need to look at what is at play here. We have an Executive that does not appreciate the role of Parliament within the ambit of the new Constitution. I would hasten to add that until we have a former Senator occupying State House, we may still have problems. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: It is important to say that--- view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, those who occupy the Executive seem to have the hangovers of the National Assembly under the old Constitution. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: It is good to say the truth. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if they did so, they would understand that under this new Constitution, the power of the purse is resident within the Legislature. It is no longer a preserve of the National Treasury. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at our physical architecture, there is a misnomer, because the National Treasury is supposed to be independent of any national government. I think the Public Finance Management Act (PFM) needs to be amendment as such. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the argument against allocation to counties, for me, is more of a power-play; it is not a matter of reason. How do you explain, that in a Kshs3 trillion Budget, only Kshs316 billion will go to counties. How can we say there is no money, which it is less than 10 per cent to be allocated to counties in such a huge budget? In fact, to be precise, it is 9 per cent. It is below the threshold that is envisaged in the Constitution under Article 203. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: We live in very interesting times where people receive phone calls and instead of applying reason, they must now look like bouncers in Parliament--- view