Ledama Olekina

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• 28 Mar 2024 in Senate: 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
• 28 Mar 2024 in Senate: (1) recommends that all County Governments pay verified pending bills amounting to less than Kshs1 billion by the end of this financial year and those above Kshs1 billion by the end of the financial year 2024/2025; and, (2) resolves that- (i) pursuant to the provisions of Regulation 41(2) & (3) of the Public Finance Management (County Governments) Regulations, 2015, County Governments prioritize payment of pending bills as a first charge on the County Revenue Fund failure to which the subsequent quotas budget releases will not be done; (ii) county Governments shall only pay pending Bills contained in their respective procurement ... view
• 28 Mar 2024 in Senate: 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
• 28 Mar 2024 in Senate: where I got my wife from, owes Kshs1.3 billion. Kilifi County owes Kshs1.3 billion; Kisii owes Kshs1.2 billion; Vihiga County owes Kshs1.1 billion; Bungoma County owes Kshs1.1 billion; Trans-Nzoia County owes Kshs 1 billion; Migori County owes Kshs1 billion shillings; Homa Bay County owes Kshs921 million and Taita-Taveta owes Kshs791 million. Murang’a County, where my good friend comes from - who wants to pass a law on public holidays and I hope during the public holidays--- view
• 28 Mar 2024 in Senate: Kiambu? Sorry, that is Kiambu County. I will read it, but let me go back. Murang’a County owes Kshs700 million, Garissa owes Kshs663 million and Kiambu was second at Kshs5.7 billion. Garissa County owes Kshs663 million, Meru County owes Kshs648 million, Kirinyaga County owes Kshs636 million, Bomet County owes Kshs512 million, Siaya County owes Kshs485 million and Kericho County, where the Majority Leader comes, from owes Kshs465 million. Samburu County, a County that gets very little allocation, owes Kshs412 million. Kitui County owes Kshs400 million, Tharaka Nithi owes Kshs353 million, Marsabit County owes Kshs340 million, Nandi County owes Kshs306 million, ... view
• 28 Mar 2024 in Senate: 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
• 28 Mar 2024 in Senate: I have seen contractors from Narok County, who have rushed to the Controller of Budget (CoB). They have camped to there and told the CoB that when Narok County requests money, do not give out because the law under the county government's regulations demands that pending Bill must be the first charge of a county. Seeing my time, I will try to summarize so that at least my colleagues can contribute on it because this is a matter that affects all of us. If you look at the Public Finance Management Regulations, debt services payment shall be a first charge ... view
• 26 Mar 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to give notice of the following Motion- AWARE THAT, as at 31st December, 2023, according to the County Governments Budget Implementation Review Report for the first half of the Financial Year 2023/2024, county governments had accumulated a total of Kshs156.34 billion in pending bills with Nairobi City County accumulating the largest share of Kshs107,037,053,000 followed by Kiambu and Mombasa counties at Kshs5,711,614,412 and Kshs3,922,131,877 respectively; CONCERNED THAT, the accumulated pending bills in counties have significantly affected service providers in the counties leading to the closure of businesses, stalling of county projects, adversely ... view
• 26 Mar 2024 in Senate: FURTHER CONCERNED, that most of the service providers in the counties are battling court cases lodged against them by their financiers and suppliers while others are languishing in poverty exacerbated by the increased cost of living with increased mental health disease incidences and others dying as a result of the effects of colossal amounts of debt owed to them by county governments; NOW THEREFORE, the Senate- (1) Recommends that all county governments pay verified pending bills amounting to less than Kshs1 billion by the end of this financial year and those above Kshs1 Billion by the end of the Financial ... view
• 26 Mar 2024 in Senate: payment of pending bills as a first charge on the County Revenue Fund, failure to which the subsequent quotas budget releases will not be done; (ii) County governments shall only pay pending bills contained in their respective procurement plans pursuant to Regulation 50(2) and (3) of the Public Finance Management (County Governments) Regulations; (iii) Supplementary budgets for county governments are prepared in the third Quarter to curb instances of arbitrary re-allocations out of the approved budget estimates; and, (iv) County governments shall conduct public participation while formulating supplementary budgets, failure to which the Controller of Budget (CoB) shall not, and ... view