28 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker.
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28 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, on the Controller of Budget, this discussion was made at the Leadership retreat at Windsor Hotel about two weeks ago. The Controller of Budget said - and they were not speaking the truth - that they were sending to every Senator Exchequer releases through the mail. None of us here has 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.
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28 Feb 2019 in Senate:
received that. We were to receive that information every month. In terms of the approved budget for every county, they did not give us a copy. That was the request that was made there. Since we are discussing pending bills, as raised by Sen. Dullo, the Controller of Budget indicated that Kshs108 billion was outstanding in terms of pending for all the counties as of 30th June, 2018. This is being audited now by the Auditor General. Once the authenticity of those bills is established, then how to pay and what to charge will be a discussion that has to ...
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28 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, the question before us from my good sister, Sen. Dullo, is how much the pending bills of Isiolo County are. It will be better if there is a schedule of all the bills which emanate from some quarter, which we have as a Committee in form of a petition. We can then sit with the governor and ask why they are outstanding, the way we did for Kitui County.
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28 Feb 2019 in Senate:
I am only querying the method which the Member is using. Yes, we can write and they can give us one line to say what is outstanding. If there was a petition, the way we have people from Kitui complaining, that would be a matter before the Committee.
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28 Feb 2019 in Senate:
To initiate it ourselves is what I am finding a bit difficult and asking for guidance.
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28 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, we will attempt to have a go at it. We will invite the Senator to also help us on the way forward. So, commit it to our Committee.
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27 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today Wednesday 27th February 2019- Addendum to the schedule of cash disbursement to county governments for Financial Year 2018/2019. This is as a result of the amendments we did to the County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA) and the Division of Revenue Act (DORA) last time. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.
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27 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I second.
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