13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
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13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
That is when you can make sense of this money, especially having submitted the proposal and having it approved, tenders having been floated and contracts having been awarded. Ironically, by the end of the financial year, you receive a maximum of 40 per cent of the funds and that is it; we go into the next financial year. That is how the Government accumulates pending bills. As you go to the next financial year, the first charge is always on pending bills. In essence, you may end up not implementing any development project. So, there is need for timely release ...
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13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
With regard to the issue of arrears, as raised by Hon. Members, that needs to be addressed by this board. I am happy about what members have proposed. Hon. Members have experience on the issue of arrears, some of which date back to five years. There is need for us, as a House, to push through that proposal. I appreciate the work that has been done by the NG-CDF nationally. It has changed the lives of Kenyans. I always say that the NG-CDF is doing more than the county governments. If you go to constituencies, the projects that can be ...
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13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
I also want to comment on the issue of auditing of the NG-CDF projects. Just about two weeks ago, we were doing presentations. I wish the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee was here when the Departmental Committees presented their reports to the BAC. I happened to be in a Committee session where the Auditor General also made a presentation of his office’s budget to the BAC. There was a very pertinent question that the Auditor General was asked - why within a week, there are three different auditors auditing the NG-CDF projects. Some are from the Kenya National ...
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13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
I do not know whether after the audits, those officers send their reports to one office or they send them to four different offices. So, let us have a lean and efficient system. There is nothing to hide. Audit the NG-CDF projects all over the country, but do not overburden the officers because there is much to be done by the office as well.
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13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I beg to support
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13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, just for the record of this House, maybe my very good friend, Hon. Mule, was not in the House when the Speaker made a communication on this Motion about the tabling of those two reports. He made a ruling and a clarification on how it happened. It will be out of order to again go back and debate what the Speaker had ruled on. Maybe he was not in the House at that particular point.
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13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
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13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker.
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13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
It is good for Members to acquaint themselves with the Standing Orders of the House. Once a Member has contributed on a Motion, the Member cannot move any amendment to it. The amendment was approved by the Hon. Speaker because he was not aware that the owner of the amendment had already contributed on the Motion. Therefore, the net effect of that amendment is that it is dead on arrival. I also tried to move an amendment, but being a seasoned Member of the House, I understand the rules. That is why I delegated it to my Vice-Chair to move ...
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