John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

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• 2 Oct 2024 in Senate: corresponding amounts can be sourced from individual Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). This is a very complicated exercise if my Ministry were to go to all ministries because there is not a distinction between new projects and carryovers. The law is clear that before you make payments for the next financial year, you need to clear the pending bills of the previous year. Therefore, MDAs proceed to pay the pending bills like any other amount. The reports that we get from ministries is on global figures of development and recurrent expenditure, without specifying how much was for previous financial year ... view
• 2 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In response to the supplementary question from the question by Sen. Mumma, Question No.2 was asking the specific pending bills that were paid in the financial year in question, My Ministry and I have not refused to respond, but this may require a bit of time. Usually, when payments are made by ministries, state departments and agencies, we do not disintegrate that this one is now for pending bill and this is a new bill. We make payments continuously, and the figures for pending bills are supplied at the end of the financial year. I ... view
• 2 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. Mumma asked whether we could design a template The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 2 Oct 2024 in Senate: to capture this information. Yes, we could. However, we have the Public Sector Accounting Standards Board, which determines the kind of systems that we use. It is a recommendation that we can put to the board, so that they approve it, and then we have a system that would capture some of this information as and when they are onboarded to the system. Again, Senator, you are spot on that the approved budget is not what is expended. That is true. Our absorption level is low, especially on donor-funded projects or projects funded through development partners through loans and grants. ... view
• 2 Oct 2024 in Senate: a way forward because we also do not want to upset the county government because there is a level of autonomy. We do not want to impose a system on them. The Ministry of Finance, which is the National Treasury, is responsible for designing a system to help all spending units have an efficient system. However, we know that county governments also enjoy some level of autonomy. We want to bridge that gap so that we agree. This is being coordinated by the Deputy President and the Chair of IBEC, and soon, we will come up with a solution. Sen. ... view
• 2 Oct 2024 in Senate: So, we have just changed the responsibility of paying them through GoK funds to a concessionary loan from the Chinese Government. However, we are in the process of looking for money. We hope that by December this year, we will have cleared at least the pending bills on the road contractors and have them back on the roads. I would have told you more that the moment you owe contractors money, one, you are affecting the economy badly because there is no liquidity. Two, if these contractors could come back to the roads, then the construction industry, which has been ... view
• 2 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. My commitment to Sen. Wakili Sigei is that the two cases have been addressed. The second case had a little bit of issues because of the revision of the pension system following the court case. Therefore, there were additional funds that were supposed to be given to this pensioner and that was processed and paid in August, 2024. So, on the two cases, there should be no issue at all. On the rollout of the system, initially, there was talk that we should roll it out by the end of this financial year. The ... view
• 2 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I want to thank the hon. Senators for the questions raised. I will start with Sen. Tabitha Mutinda’s question. Sen.Tabitha Mutinda, I agree with you. Let us face it; if you have too much interface between officers and systems, you have a problem. A lot of these delays are just rent-seeking strategies, which must be eliminated. That is why we are trying to reduce the human interface with the system and have a system that is integrated, where we will have a seamless transfer from human resource service to the pension system. An officer ... view
• 2 Oct 2024 in Senate: its time. It is not keeping pace with the recent developments. We need to review that system. My Ministry is in the front line of reviewing IFMIS as a whole to ensure that we have an integrated financial management system that would capture all the data on all areas so that by the click of the button, you can have a complete eye view of what is happening. We want this system to be rolled out by end of this fiscal year. It is at 40 per cent in terms of development. We must fast track the 60 per cent ... view
• 7 Aug 2024 in National Assembly: Let go in the spirit of forgiveness. I want to conclude with a parting shot. I kindly ask for forgiveness if I, by any chance, offended any of you, all Members, through my actions. Equally, for all those who wronged me, I forgive you. By the way, I do not even see any enemy. None of you actually wronged me. If there is anyone who I may have forgotten, I forgive you. Thank you very much. It is a very emotional moment. Imagine a place you have called home for 17 years, continuously, and now you are leaving for other ... view