Moses Otieno Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: General, there was no acting person in the position following the expiry of the tenure of Dr. Edward Ouko as per the law. view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Deputy Auditor-General, responsible for Corporate Services informed the Committee that without the substantive auditor, there was no acting person in the position of the Auditor-General, following the expiry of the tenure of Dr. Edward Ouko, as per the law. Hence the officer could not make any commitment on behalf of the Office of the Auditor-General, and the meeting was adjourned without any discussion on the matter. The Committee took note of the matter and recommends an amendment to the Public Audit Act, 2015, to provide for acting capacity in the event a vacancy arises in ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: Members prefer to deal with the Senate rather than respond to specific issues that would be raised at the county assembly level; (4) The PAICs did not receive the requisite technical support necessary from the Office of the Auditor-General or the clerks of the various assemblies to carry out their mandate; (5) Most of the projects inspected had no public participation and did not respond to the local needs. One example is in Kwale County, where we went to a village called ‘Nyumba Sita,’ where the county government had put up a project on land belonging to the Kwale Sugar ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: While the Governor of Makueni, Hon. Kivutha Kibwana, honored the summon and the session was undertaken at the Makueni County Assembly, the Governor of Machakos County chose not to honour it. He, instead, wrote a letter raising objections about the area Senator attending the meeting of the Committee and requesting that the meeting be held in Nairobi. The Committee requested the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to arrest Hon. Alfred Mutua and produce him before the Committee, but the Governor obtained orders barring the IGP from arresting him. The matter remains pending in court up to date. There are other reports ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to report that the plan to meet the 15 county executives is on course. We have already met most of the counties. I would like to make the final observations briefly on one or two issues that we feel that we need to bring to your attention, because this Report is already before the House. That is the issue of the capacity of Public Accounts Committees (PAC) of the county assemblies. County assemblies provide primary oversight. There is no way a Senate of 67 Members is going to oversight the 47 counties effectively, ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, a final challenge that I had alluded to earlier is the issue of the vacancy of the Office of the Auditor-General. How I wish Members conceptualized that we have not had an Auditor-General, and there has not been any person in an acting capacity. As a result, that lacuna in the law could mean that this country could stay without a substantive Auditor-General. If the President’s appointee is rejected by Parliament, then the process has to start again. The minimum duration it can take is about 52 days. This is something that we need to deal ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion- THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Sessional Committee on County Public Accounts and Investments on the inquiry into the Financial Operations of Kiambu, Busia, Kwale, Tana River, Trans Nzoia, Nyandarua, Migori, Kisumu, Samburu, Kericho, Bomet, Bungoma, Garissa, Isiolo, Kitui, Lamu, Makueni, Mandera, Marsabit, Meru, Mombasa, Nyamira, Taita Taveta, Uasin Gishu, Vihiga and Wajir County Executives for the Financial Year 2013/2014 (1st July, 2013-30th June, 2014), laid on the Table of the Senate on Thursday, 21st November, 2019. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at the list ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: are on the Order Paper awaiting division, and 26 reports are the subject of today’s Motion. It would then be expected that for the two FYs 2013/2014 and 2014/2015, we would lay on the table of the House 94 reports. I can account for the remaining 21 reports. The pending 20 reports have been written and are awaiting adoption. They were part of a retreat that CPAIC took about three weeks ago. It is our expectation that by the end of this session, CPAIC will have closed the chapter for the first two financial years of devolution. It must also ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: In this particular financial year, there is a matter that will, unfortunately, have to go back to the National Assembly. The Transition Authority (TA) gave a conditional grant to county governments for refurbishment and establishment of county government offices, executives and assemblies. The money was an average of Kshs70 million per county. In that year, none of the counties were able to account for that money. They instead said that they would account for it through the TA. When we asked that question, we were told that a report on the audit of the TA would be laid before the ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: value in the ECDs and education department rather than in finance. Therefore, I agree with the suggestion by the Senator that we need to amend the law and prescribe minimum qualification standards for people who manage books at the county government levels. There are also cases where the national Government is frustrating county governments. None of the cases speak to it more than the current inquiry that is going on with regard to the Managed Equipment Scheme (MES). Once again, even though this is a matter that has occurred outside the duration that we are discussing, it has been brought ... view