16 May 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the County Allocation of Revenue Bill (Senate Bills No.11 of 2018).This is a very important Bill that deals with the finance---
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16 May 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the County Allocation of Revenue Bill (Senate Bills No.11 of 2018) be now read a Second Time. This is a very important Bill which makes provisions for the division of revenue raised nationally among the county governments for the Financial Year 2018/2019. Clause 3 of the Bill deals with objectives or the purpose of the Bill, which is to provide for the allocation of revenue raised nationally and conditional allocations among county governments for the Financial Year 2018/2019 as well as the transfer of the county allocations from the Consolidated ...
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16 May 2018 in Senate:
Thank you Mr. Deputy Mr. Speaker, Sir. As we await the Kenya Roads Bill that was read the First Time today, and depending on what we agree on how the road sector will be structured, we will see how the money that is going to the counties will be enhanced. The total conditional grants from the national Government Revenue amounts to Kshs25,500,000,000. The other funding that we are getting is the conditional allocations from loans and grants from development partners. This includes the transformation health centre systems for universal healthcare, which is Kshs3,363,589,847. Then the World Bank is financing agricultural ...
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16 May 2018 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Senator in order to suggest that some population figures were falsified, yet the purported falsification was overruled by the courts of law, up to the Supreme Court level? Is he in order to bring that up?
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16 May 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I thank my colleagues for the good contributions. I assure them that this Committee will do its best to represent you in that Committee. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to address a few of the issues which have been raised. One is the issue of borrowing and conditional grants. Currently, there is no borrowing framework for counties, which is why the national Government is borrowing and at least sending conditional grants to the counties. The issue of audited reports is very serious. We are now using the 2013/2014 approved audits, which is ...
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15 May 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also join the other Members in condoling with the people of Nakuru County for the disaster that befell them. The tragedy that has occurred there is a first of its type in terms of dam failure in this country. I know that because I worked in the water sector for 20 years as a water engineer. I know how the Ministry of Water, Environment and Natural Resources is structured. First of all, Kenya Water Resources Management Authority (WARMA) has no capacity to design and check dams. Its purpose is to allocate water resources ...
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10 May 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sorry. I have tried to peruse the Order Paper but I did not see anything for the Committee. Which number is it? I seek your indulgence.
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10 May 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you very much. This statement is about the money owed to the Nairobi City County by the national Government. In fact, we were discussing this with the Senator for Nairobi County. He promised to give that report which he said it was already discussed somewhere. So, I have not got the report from the national Government yet. I am sorry we will issue it in the next two week.
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10 May 2018 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order 46(2)( c), I hereby present to the Senate the business of the House for the week commencing Tuesday, 15th May, 2018. As you are aware, today is the third and final day of the debate of the address by H.E. the President. I take this opportunity to thank Senators for their thoughtful and insightful contribution to the debate. The Senate Business Committee (SBC) will meet on Tuesday, 15th May, 2018 to schedule the business of the Senate for the coming week. Subject to further direction by the SBC, the Senate will on Tuesday, ...
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10 May 2018 in Senate:
Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to the State of the Nation Address given by His Excellency the President. In the speech, the President addressed the fulfillment of the realization of national values by Kenyans, progress made so far in the fulfillment of the international obligations of the Republic and the state of our security. The President paid tribute to Parliament, especially the 11th Parliament for doing a great job in that Session by implementing the Constitution that was passed in 2010. I laud Parliament for the good work last time and I urge ...
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