Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: I concur with quite a number of sentiments that have been aired by my colleagues. Let me start with what the Leader of the Majority Party said; that, we chose to come to the National Assembly and indeed for a reason. The reason is that if you really want to make law, you come to the National Assembly; if you want to oversee, you come to the National Assembly; and if you want to represent the people, you come to the National Assembly. If you want to do anything outside those three roles you go elsewhere. I say this because ... view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: The 15 per cent provision in the Constitution was clearly provided for after a lengthy debate for reasons that have been adduced by my colleagues. It is for that reason that I concur with the advice of the Attorney-General. I thought it was automatic that 15 per cent should go to the counties but I agree with the interpretation of the Constitution by our Attorney-General that it is important that we legislate to that effect. It is good that this Bill has come to us this early. view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: This Bill also helps us, as a country, to understand why we provided for 15 per cent in our Constitution, and not 30 or 45 per cent. I am told that Ugatuzi would want the Constitution amended to provide for 45 per cent. If we provide for 45 per cent in the Constitution, we would be saying that even before we think of anything, we must allow 45 per cent of whatever we have as a country, or whatever it amounts to after we have looked at the audited accounts, to go to the counties. We may think some of ... view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: go to the counties even as we haggle over issues – can we say that 45 per cent of our Budget goes to the counties even before we get to work out the figures or the costing? It is not possible. It helps to understand and continue appreciating why some of these provisions were included in the Constitution. view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: We are in this stalemate because of the advisory opinion that was given by the Supreme Court. I thank the Chief Justice because of the way he has dealt with this matter this time round. Matters concerning how we collect revenue and spend it must be left to the people’s representatives. We are the ones to decide how much taxation should be levied on Kenyans and for that reason, we must also be concerned about how we spend that money and how the money is spent by the Executive. It is important that we get a proper judgement because the ... view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: It is also important that I mention that we saw the Council of Governors issue a press statement that said by the 16th of this month, they are likely to come to a standstill. If that were to happen, it becomes a security issue. It is a source of instability to this country. We need to look at this issue with soberness. It is not an issue to be handled so casually like the way the Mediation Committee keeps throwing it back and forth. It is an issue that can literally bring down the country or any government. It is ... view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: The CRA did a good job by advising, but I agree that they may have gone beyond their mandate. For that reason, our Committee is toiling with a lot of issues, including whether it is possible to merge CRA and the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) because the work they are charged with can be done under the same roof. view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: The Governor of Laikipia County told me the other day that he was able to improve revenue collection in his county by 34 per cent. Imagine if as a country we were able to improve our revenue by that percentage. We would be talking about a very different ball game. There are very good gains that have been made by the counties, but is important that we reflect on the issue of the amount of money that is being used on recurrent expenditure, especially on payment of salaries. The National Government Constituencies Development Fund model that we have in this ... view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: I support this. If you want to have a say in the governance of this country, or you want to influence the direction that things should take in the country, come to the National Assembly, but if you want to be doing some other things, you go elsewhere. The National Assembly has the mandate given to it by the Constitution and it is only fair that the Supreme Court protects that The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: constitutional provision. It would not be useful to the nation if we allowed the mandate given to the National Assembly to be eroded. It actually introduces confusion like the one we have with the Division of Revenue Bill. It also slows down the development of this country like it has happened in the last four months, where we could not spend because we could not agree on the amount of money that is available. view