John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

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• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: The issues that Senator Zani, who brought the Motion, has highlighted of transparency, verifiability, consistency and simplicity are basic principles of accounting. We now require the team tasked with the responsibility of coming up with an efficient system of revenue collection in our counties, that is CRA, KRA, CoG and the Cabinet Secretary to go to the specifics and prescribe the bare minimum in terms of a financial management system and a revenue collection system. This is the bare minimum that we must demand for. view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Even if you prescribe and come up with an efficient system of revenue collection, if there is not going to be fidelity to transparency and integrity of officers given the assignment of collecting revenue and their supervisors, then the system alone will not help. We must talk about corruption. To deal with it, we must start with the top leadership of every unit of Government. If it is in the counties, corruption must be discouraged from the office of the governor all the way to those who are collecting revenue. view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: We are also aware that some of these officers operate like toll stations where, for example, a junior police officer receives bribes and a percentage is already set aside to go to the next officer supervisor until the highest in the rank. This is the same in the counties where you will find the people collecting revenue in the market places, part of that money reaches the office of the governor. If we do not enforce transparency in our counties right from the top, this will be a challenge. view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: There is also a problem with the Constitution. When you look at the architecture of our Constitution, there is confusion on who is responsible for oversight of shareable revenue from the national Government and the counties own source revenue or locally generated revenue. That the function of county assemblies if you look at the strict provision in the Constitution is largely to look at the resources that are generated locally and oversight of the national shareable revenue is left to the Senate. view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: I think if we want the two organs, both county assemblies and the Senate to oversight the finances of the county, we should give them free hands. I hope this will be addressed through the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), that we have the Senate oversight the national shareable revenue and also the locally generated revenue. The same with our members of county assemblies (MCAs), they should be given the responsibility and have full authority to oversight both locally generated revenue and the national shareable revenue. view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: We need to do a lot and free our county assemblies. They are being held at ransom by the Executive because their budgets are not free.They cannot spend at will. I hear of counties where if your budget per month is Kshs70 million and you disagree with the Executive, you will only get Kshs20 million, which cannot even pay salaries. So, there is a challenge in offering the oversight role. Let the county assemblies have an independent budget. Their money should be independent, so that they spend independently like Parliament is independent. We can oversee the Executive independently. view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: I want to conclude by saying we need to embed this culture of integrity within us. When you see people crying and you hear so many stories, it makes you very unhappy. I just hope that these stories are not true because if you are given a responsibility to do, please, do it. We hear some of these cries may not be genuine and I am happy that in this House, no one has been weeping, crying or mourning. You are mourning and crying because you went somewhere and got Kshs5 million and then you went and negotiated another Kshs8 ... view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: We were being told that some houses are up and some houses are lower. If this House is the Upper House, we can only be Upper House if we are not taking the route that I am hearing. I am being careful. You know what I am talking about, but I do not want to say it as I would have said it elsewhere. Otherwise, I would be discussing some houses. If this House is to be the Upper House, integrity is key and it is very important. Do not lie to us that you are protecting some interest and ... view
• 8 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. First of all, let me take this opportunity to thank you most sincerely for that one informed and very detailed 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
• 8 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: ruling. This is a ruling that will stand the test of time. I do not want to talk about the issue in the Senate regarding the new formula because that is political and it seems to have taken a direction that I do not want to dwell on now, especially given that we are trying to look for a solution to this problem. Hon. Speaker, I want to note that the Leader of Majority Party and I will engage with the Senate. I think the route of engaging the Senate with a view to passing the amendments to the Public ... view