Moses Lessonet

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: That is to say that the ball is now in the court of constituency committees to work with their Members of Parliament and bring projects promptly. If we can get projects as early as this week or next, it will be good so that the Kshs14 billion can be disbursed promptly to constituencies. As I make this Statement, I am sure Members are aware that we have shared Kshs25 billion for the obvious reason that the court reduced allocations to NG-CDF by Kshs10 billion. I am not going to pronounce myself on the Kshs10 billion very much because you are ... view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, first, I want to thank you for your directive in terms of tabling a report. That would not be a problem. I want to read a letter dated 11th October, 2016 from the Clerk of the National Assembly. The last paragraph of that letter--- view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: It is addressed to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the NG-CDF Board. The letter is the basis of the document that I have just tabled. More importantly, the last paragraph of the letter says that the NG-CDF Board presented the constituency allocations before the Committee during the Sitting on 11th October, 2016 for its concurrence. This means it is with the concurrence of the Committee that I chair. That is what the NG-CDF Act anticipates. It requires that the schedule of allocations to the constituencies be tabled before the Committee that I chair for concurrence. This is confirmation by the ... view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, this letter says that they were tabled before the Committee for concurrence and further it says that: “This is, therefore, to inform you of the concurrence of the Committee for your necessary action.” This letter--- view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Let me just finish! Hon. Jakoyo should allow me to speak to the end. I wanted to interrupt you but you spoke to the end. Allow me to also speak to the end. view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: So, what we did as a Committee - and this letter confirms that - is that it was for the Committee to concur and inform the National Government Constituencies Development Fund Board that we have concurred. Actually, the NG-CDF Act does not even require that we table those allocations here. view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: What the Board has done from yesterday when it received our concurrence is to inform each constituency by a letter, the allocation for each constituency which has already been done. I still found it necessary - and nothing in law or the Standing Orders stops me as a Chairman from tabling any document in this House – to table the report. That is why I brought it here to inform my colleagues and the country. There is no other forum of information better than the Floor of this House. view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: As I finish, I want to respond to Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo because he is misleading the House. The allocation to NG-CDF of Kshs35 billion is, of course, within the law of, at least, 2.5 per cent. I wish Hon. Speaker, you could listen in bold. The word used is “at least”. It should not be less than 2.5 per cent. When we went before the court, as Hon. ole Metito has put it, the structure of the Division of Revenue Bill does not originate from the Committee that I chair. The Division of Revenue Bill is normally processed through this ... view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Division of Revenue Bill places NG-CDF among the sharing entities such as the national Government, county governments and the Equalisation Fund. When we went to court, it therefore, allowed us to access 2.5 per cent of the national Government share. The national Government share of ordinary revenue is Kshs1 trillion. 2.5 per cent of Kshs1 trillion is the reason we have Kshs25 billion available, which I have tabled to show how it is shared. The reason I am saying that Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo is misleading the House is to anticipate that my Committee only comes in with the monies available ... view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: With those comments, allow me, therefore, to say that this Kshs25 billion has been shared and the NG-CDF Board has written specifically to each constituency to communicate to them the allocations. I still found it appropriate, as the Chair of that Committee, to inform Members by tabling exactly what has been allocated to each constituency. view