James Mathenge Kanini Kega

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• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Senate shall, by resolution, determine the basis for allocating the share of national revenue that is annually allocated to the county level of Government among the counties. In order to facilitate the workings of the Senate, Article 216(1) of the Constitution mandates the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) to make recommendations concerning the basis for equitable sharing of revenue raised by the national Government between the national Government and among county governments. Since the promulgation of the Constitution in 2010, there has been two formulae or, if you like it, basis. The first basis for sharing revenue among counties was ... view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Members to note that the CRA has proposed fiscal effort to encourage counties to prudently use their resources. However, as you will note, what the Senate decided to pass did not include fiscal policy. Hon. Speaker, the Committee noted that the Senate’s resolutions had proposed that the basis will be as follows: 1. To ensure that no county receives less resources and there is no disruption of services in the counties, at the county level, all counties will receive the same resources as they received in the Financial Year 2019/2020. 2. To ensure there is predictability in resource allocation to ... view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Thirdly, as I also conclude, in calculating the indices attached to the parameters, there is need to use the current data as provided by the KIHBS 2015, 2016 and 2019 Population Census and any other data that is provided by the national Government. Fourthly, the parameters are not exhaustive as they do not include services such as water, fishing and all that. These are the Committee’s recommendation. Having considered the above matters, the Committee recommends to this House as follows: That, the third basis for allocation of the national revenue among county governments be approved. ... view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As I reply, I want to thank all the Members who have contributed on this Motion. You have given a lot of information and supported the Motion but, of course, with a lot of reservations which we had also observed in our Report. I want to make it very clear that this is not a formula from where I sit. It is more of a political formula. We beseech the other House that maybe by next year, they relook at this and come up with a scientific formula. They have based this formula on a promise ... view
• 22 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. You have completely lost us, especially for those of us who are not lawyers. I want to associate myself with most of the sentiments that have been expressed here. Mostly, with what has been said by Hon. Junet and Hon. Clement Kigano, Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. 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
• 22 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I do not want to dwell on the merits or demerits of the advice. I want to dwell on the aspect of how that message was relayed. The Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya was supposed to proceed on terminal leave last month, but he decided not to go and instead cashed the leave days. In law, it might not have a lot of issues but you clearly know why you are supposed to go on leave, from the people who came up with work ethics and all that. Even here in Parliament we go on recess ... view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Since this is my first time to present a Statement as a Chairman, I am happy my predecessor is here and we are working closely together with the Chairman emeritus. I stand to give a very brief and important Statement to this august House on the status of various messages received from the Senate under Standing Order No.41 of the National Assembly. In particular, you have in various occasions referred to the Budget and Appropriations Committee Bills from the Senate for review and consideration in accordance to the requirements and provisions of Article 114 of the ... view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: by the Parliamentary Budget Office as money Bills and, therefore, as per the relevant constitutional provisions, they did not originate from the relevant House as required and they may not proceed. view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: During our sitting yesterday, 11th August 2020, the Budget and Appropriations Committee reviewed and considered the said Bills. The Committee, therefore, recommends that these Bills shall not proceed. It is, therefore, clear that the purported passage of these Bills by the Senate is unconstitutional. Let me just highlight a few of those Bills. 1. The County Boundary Bill, 2017. Note the date. It is dead on arrival. 2. The Office of the County Printer Bill, 2018, is also dead. 3. The Food Security Bill, 2017 faces the same fate. 4. The Disaster Risk Management Bill, 2018, faces the same fate. ... view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I rise to ask Question No.129/2020 directed to the Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation: (i) Could the Cabinet Secretary provide a status report regarding the programme of implementation of the Household Irrigation Water Storage Programme by The National Irrigation Authority, indicating the constituencies where the initiative has been rolled out and total number of Households that have benefited under the initiative in each Constituency? (ii) Could the Cabinet Secretary explain why households in Kieni Constituency which is regarded as semi-arid area have not benefitted from the programme? I thank you, Hon. Speaker. view