Mohamed Faki Mwinyihaji

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1071 to 1080 of 1995.

• 28 Sep 2021 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 Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: In a nutshell, the Regulations are intended to be applied to provide guidance on the administration and management of the Equalization Fund. These Regulations were first brought to the Committee through the National Assembly by way of concurrence. However, the Committee declined to consider them because they had not been tabled before the Senate. Madam Deputy Speaker, before I delve into the content of the Regulations, allow me to give a brief background as to why the Regulations were published. The Regulations seek to give guidance on the administration management of the Equalization Fund, whose operations were halted by a ... view
• 28 Sep 2021 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 Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: deprived. Details of these areas are annexed to our report as Annexure 2. Members can get details from there. Madam Deputy Speaker, let me now move to the scrutiny by the Committee. In scrutinizing the Regulations, the Committee met the National Treasury, the Council of Governors (CoG), the CRA, the Controller of Budget, County Assemblies Forum and received written submissions from the Central Bank of Kenya. (CBK) The key stakeholders had been consulted at the drafting stage of the Regulations, but still, they have several concerns on the published regulations that were needed to be addressed before effective implementation. However, ... view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, in our deliberations as a Committee, we found that the issues that were raised were not of a fundamental nature to stop us from approving the regulations. The National Assembly had considered and approved the Regulations on 7th July and subsequently sent a Message to the Senate on its resolution. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: In terms of content, I will only highlight a few paragraphs of the regulations. Membership of the board that will oversee the implementation of the project will comprise of a chairperson appointed by the Cabinet Secretary and Permanent Secretary (PS), National Treasury; the PS Devolution, a nominee of the National Assembly from pastoralists community, one person nominated by the Senate, a nominee of the Council of Governors (CoG), three others nominated by the organisations working in the beneficiary counties and a representative of special interest groups appointed by the Cabinet Secretary. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: The funds will be utilised as conditional grants to the affected counties in accordance with the Division of Revenue Act and the County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA) for the respective financial year. All withdrawals from the Fund shall be deposited into the respective spending county’s account. The County Grants Bill shall be incorporated once it becomes law. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: Finally, in addition to the board at the national level, three administrative units are also proposed for establishment by the respective county commissioners in eligible counties. These are as follows: First, the county technical committee whose responsibility will be to approve all the projects to be financed from the Fund. It shall comprise of county commissioners as chairpersons, County Executive Committee Members (CECMs) for Finance, National Government-Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) managers, representative from the county assembly and the chairperson of the NG-CDF. Secondly, the sub-county technical committee shall receive, evaluate, prioritise and assess the feasibility and cost of the development ... view
• 28 Sep 2021 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 Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: office is inexistent. We will also have four technical officers from the Ministry to prioritise funding, chairperson of project identification and implementation committee and the NG-CDF secretary. To wrap it up, the project identification and implementation committee shall provide oversight on project implementation. It shall comprise of assistant sub-county commissioner, chairperson and village administrators of marginalized areas. The two offices have been contested by the CoG that they are inexistent. It is said that some villages have no village administrators. We will also have a representative of special interest groups, a representative of the NG-CDF committee, member of the sub-county ... view