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• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: I am not, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me make my two- lines contribution. 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
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker and thank you hon. Angwenyi for donating two minutes to me. I support this Bill but I wanted to say that it was not even necessary. It has become necessary just because some people are moving around with impunity. If you look at the County Governments Act, 2012, Clause 4(1) - and allow me to quote, it says:- “Every county shall enact legislation prescribing the following county symbols- (i) the county flag; (ii) the county coat of arms; (iii) the county public seal.” Hon. Speaker, Clause 4(2) says:- “The County Executive shall develop the symbols of ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: “The county legislation enacted under subsection (1) shall provide for the use of the county symbols in the same manner as provided in the National Flag, Emblems and Names Act (Cap, 99)”, which we are trying to amend. However, the most interesting, is Sub-clause (4) which says:- “A county symbol shall not be the same as, or bear a likeness or similarity to a national symbol.” Hon. Speaker, that tells you there should be a county flag that should not have a likeness or any similarity to the national flag. So, therefore, this Bill is quite in order. My final ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: It is fine. I am being informed that unless they are elected, that is when they can fly the flags. I beg to support. Thank you, hon. Angwenyi. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. Let me thank hon. Ababu Namwamba and his Committee for bringing these Reports. I would like to say that we need to request our Committees to expedite and fast track the laying on the Table of the House and approval by the House of these reports. As the Constitution says, the money that goes to the counties; the 15 per cent of the national revenue as stipulated in the Constitution, will be based on the audited accounts and approval by this House. Therefore, if we go by the Constitution, during this financial year, actually it is ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: 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
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on the issue of outstanding imprest; I think this is contributing to wastage in Government. As at 30th June, 2009, according to the Reports, in Government Ministries and departments, we had Kshs3.34 billion as outstanding imprest. That is really wastage. If you look at the Ministries that have been topping in that category, it is the Ministry of Public Health and Medical Services that time. That is why we are having a lot of outcry in the health sector. That is even why we are saying, maybe, in devolution; if we devolve this outstanding imprest to ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: to have a database and the public needs to give input on whether that contractor is qualified or whether he has a good history. That is what is happening now in the laptops case. You see, the tender for the laptops has been cancelled. It will go again through another process and it is costing the public money and all this is wastage. That really brings me to my final point on how to cut down on this big public wage bill. I think we need to be very stringent and go where wastage is. A lot of money is ... view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, let me say that one of the things that this Bill is proposing is harmonization of development. There is need to harmonize development to avoid duplication and also to attain order and proper planning. There is also need to involve as many stakeholders as possible to achieve project ownership by all. Thirdly, there is need to streamline development plans to curb resource wastage as well as maximizing usage of the ever limited resources. There is also need to pool resources together for optimal efficiency, effectiveness and impact on people’s lives. Fifthly, there is need to consolidate development plans ... view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Yesterday, I heard my colleagues who contributed questioning the constitutionality of the Bill. I think we are past that stage. Whether the Bill is constitutional or not, that is now water under the bridge. What is left for this House is either to amend or reject this Bill. This Bill originated from another House, the Senate. In my view, that was the stage at which the constitutionality of it would have been addressed. It is now past that stage. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained ... view