22 Feb 2022 in Senate:
We need to put the provision that mandates because we have Article 219 that talks about what is due to counties going to counties but it is not sent. The answer is simple.
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22 Feb 2022 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, I am sure Sen. Ochillo-Ayacko knows what we have been saying. Our debt to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio is at 72 percent. However,
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22 Feb 2022 in Senate:
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22 Feb 2022 in Senate:
our revenue to debt ratio, which we do not look at is the problem. In this Statement, Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has indicated it has surpassed revenue collection targets.
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22 Feb 2022 in Senate:
However, for every Kshs100 collected, Kshs60 has to immediately go to paying debt. That is why you have heard our coalition, Kenya Kwanza, talking about this debt. It has to be halved and reduced. Otherwise, we are collecting to pay. We are taking debts to pay other debts. There is a Bill by Hon. Sakwa Bunyasi on debt management that is stuck in the National Assembly. If we do not do that - you have heard Kenyans talking about food prices - we are going to go to a crisis. I am glad that Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko is listening very ...
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22 Feb 2022 in Senate:
The CS needs to realize that Kenyans are suffering, counties are grinding to a halt, suppliers are not being paid and salaries are not being paid. He should sit in his office and be summoned to this Senate within the next 14 days.
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22 Feb 2022 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, that is very good information. Let it be within the next 14 days because counties are grinding to a halt. Let us have him here and if possible within seven days. They always give excuses when we do that.
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22 Feb 2022 in Senate:
I have had trouble with him before but we found an arrangement within my Committee. That is how all former councillors finally got an allocation for their one-off honorarium. When he comes here, we need to ask him whether he has factored it in the Supplementary Budget because it has not been brought to the National Assembly considering that we need that Supplementary Budget.
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22 Feb 2022 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, with those remarks, I support the Statement and ask the Committee on Finance and Budget to let us know the date that the CS is going to come because we have specific questions with regard to our counties. In addition, invite the Controller of Budget to appear with the CS. It is important because there is a lot of blame shifting when it comes to disbursements to counties.
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