Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: This Bill gives extremely good provisions and strengthens the Office of the Controller of Budget. The Constitution basically gave the framework of the office but the Bill gives it power. Clause 4(a) authorises withdrawals from wherever the monies are, be it the Equalisation Fund or the Consolidated Fund. Thus, it is extremely important that money is not withdrawn and spent without reference to what Parliament set out that it should do. 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
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Clause 4 also gives the Controller of Budget power to monitor, evaluate, report and make recommendations to the national Government and the county governments on measures to improve Budgets. This is particularly important when we come to the county governments. I know that everybody is concerned about expenditure at the county level. Sometimes people wonder whether it is a problem of devolution but the truth is that we are at a state of setting up structures within the county governments. Therefore, the Controller of Budget will have the authority, through this Bill, to monitor expenditure. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Clause 5 contains provisions for submission of copies of Financial Estimates by the National Treasury and County Fiscal Strategy Papers by the county governments. This is extremely important. There is still a missing link in the Budget process as far as the counties are concerned. When we make the national Budget, we look at the Division of Revenue Bill. At that time, we do not have information on the requirements of the counties. Therefore, we go by the division of revenue arrangements but without really knowing their requirements. If we could have the County Fiscal Strategy Papers and somehow align ... view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Clause 6 of the Bill gives the Controller of Budget necessary powers to monitor how our funds are, particularly at the county level. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Clause 6(b) says that the reports submitted under sub-section (1) shall comprise of the comparison between amounts provided for in the County Allocation of Revenue Act for each county in accordance with county government disbursement schedule approved by the Senate. Once again, we can see that the Senate will make approval on how funds should be used at the county level, but it is the Office of the Controller of Budget that will ensure that that is done. It is extremely important that it is in place. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: This Bill is important because it gives power to the Controller of Budget to delegate. I know that there have been issues on how it is delegated. The Controller of Budget can employ and have officers sent to her office as she needs them. That is extremely important. If you look at the 47 counties that we have to monitor and the national Government, it is obvious that the Office of the Controller of Budget will need a large number of experienced staff. It is important that this Bill gives authority to public officers so that when the Controller of ... view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, for giving me an opportunity to contribute. I stand to support this amendment. The business of the Government is to improve public schools, so that we can get to the situation we were in not many years ago when public schools were the best and people did not see the need to go to private schools. If we now start supporting private schools and putting money there, it would be taking money from the poor and giving it to the rich. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: I support the amendment. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: THAT, Clause 4 of the Bill be amended in subclause (1) by deleting the words “In–Vitro Fertilisation” and substituting therefor the words “Assisted Reproductive Technology”; view