25 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, whereas we will, as a Committee, engage the questioner of this matter and try to get a proper response, this House must recall that we passed the County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA). This Act gives details of the expenditure ceilings for both the county executive and county assemblies in Schedule Four. If that is what the statement is asking about, I find it difficult to understand paragraph one to four of the statement, with all the ambiguities therein. All of us were in the House when we passed that Act. When we were debating it, we ...
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25 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Therefore, Madam Temporary Speaker, when it comes to the recurrent and development expenditures of counties, the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) requires that at least 70 per cent must go to recurrent expenditure, and not more than 30 per cent--- We have been unable to reach that level which is desirable. I do not understand when someone says that we have exceeded the sharable revenue, when the 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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25 Nov 2018 in Senate:
figures are in billions. I am not sure that the equitable share for Baringo is also worth Kshs67billion---
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25 Nov 2018 in Senate:
I am not, Madam Temporary Speaker. I am only trying to give guidance, because discussions have been taking place here.
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25 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, with respect, I will ---
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25 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, we will answer the question but, for sure, we will require the questioner to explain to us in details what he means by the paragraphs here.
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25 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker.
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22 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, Standing Order No.51(1)(b) provides that at least once in every three months, a committee chairperson is expected to make a statement relating to the activities of the committee. In fulfillment of that provision, I wish to make a statement with regard to Standing Committee on Finance and Budget for the period commencing 9th August, 2018, to 9th November, 2018. The Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Budget was constituted in December during the First Session of the Twelfth Parliament, pursuant to the provisions of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, Section 8, and Standing Order No.218 of ...
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22 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Concerning legislative processes by the Committee, during the period, no legislative proposal was referred to the Committee for scrutiny. Regarding statements considered by the Committee, we received two statements. One was on implementation status of the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) Circular, Ref, CRA/FA/01 VOL.2, regarding recommendations on county governments‟ recurrent expenditure ceilings for the year 2018. The response was provided during the preliminary sitting held on 25th September, 2018. The next statement that was requested by Sen. Moi, who wanted to know about county recurrent expenditure ceilings for Financial Year 2018/2019 was referred to the Committee on 25th October, ...
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22 Nov 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I now want to talk about petitions that have been considered by the Committee. During the period under review---
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