18 Mar 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, can I be protected? I am not running for presidency. They know that
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18 Mar 2021 in National Assembly:
is still alive. Having said that, the issue of the Division of Revenue Bill is very important to this country. This is the Bill that will divide money between the counties and the national Government. If we do not do justice to it, history will judge us very badly that we never took care of our people in the counties. So, on Tuesday or whichever day you will appoint, we will come back here. I can guarantee you that whichever way, that day we will vote on this Bill, we will have prepared. Hon. Speaker, you know there is NG-CDF ...
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11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to ventilate on this matter. This is a very important matter, and the issues being raised by the Members of this House are very important. Irrespective of our party affiliations or where we come from, the issues that Members are raising are very important because it is about their work at the constituency level. Every Member of Parliament will be held accountable at the end of his or her term for what he or she has done for his or her people.
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11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly:
He or she will not be held accountable for what he or she has done for the Government or for other people, but for what he or she has done specifically for his or her constituency. Since the last Parliament, this is the first time I have seen, three months to the end of the financial year, that there is no money that has gone to the NG-CDF Board. I do not know why the Cabinet Secretary of the National Treasury cannot explain to the NG-CDF Committee, the Budget and Appropriations Committee and even to this House what is causing ...
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11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly:
We must agree, as a House, that this is an important matter for all of us. For that reason, I support what Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah has said.
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11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly:
We should leave this matter in abeyance so that we can negotiate with the National Treasury. We shall pass this Bill when they pay the NG-CDF money.
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11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly:
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11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly:
We suspend the voting for now.
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11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly:
It is my humble request that we suspend the voting process. You have properly told us the consequences of whichever way this vote goes. If it goes through, well and good; if the Bill is lost, the consequences will be bigger. Leadership comes with responsibility. We do not want to put the country in a situation where it cannot move forward. We have a Special Sitting in a few days. We can sort out this issue of the NG-CDF. We can agree on a way forward then we bring this Bill, we vote on it and all of us will ...
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11 Mar 2021 in National Assembly:
Yes, Hon. Speaker, I want to inform the Chairman that he has been meeting the CS for the last five months and they have not been having any information. The way he is now putting his case here, it is like a union negotiating with their employers, that they can release some amount now then give installments. Hon. Speaker, this is not the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) or the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) negotiating with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). Hon. Speaker, that is what I wanted to inform him.
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