Moses Otieno Kajwang'

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• 24 Jul 2019 in Senate: Senate to make an exception that because roads are bad in their county, then they are justified to buy a high capacity vehicle. If you extend or stretch that argument, then we will be implying that we should be buying helicopters for governors for counties where roads are not proper. The next risk I would like to talk about is non-compliance with financial reporting standards. Counties report on the basis of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) and we have seen a lot of confusion on this. During the Financial Year 2016/2017, to be certain, the national Treasury released ... view
• 24 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the President made a directive that pending bills should be settled forthwith. Unfortunately, with the special report from the Auditor-General, if we decide to settle pending bills, we will be financing and fueling corruption at the highest order. Allow me to give an example: Yesterday we met the Governor of Garissa County. Their financial statements indicate that their pending bills is Kshs900 million. When the Auditor-General went to audit, he was presented with pending bills worth Kshs2.5 billion. At the end of the exercise, the Auditor-General approved Kshs1.5 billion as eligible pending bills, yet the financial ... view
• 24 Jul 2019 in Senate: The fourth one is on the transfer of assets and liabilities from defunct local authorities. No county has concluded this. The Senate is part of this. When the term of the Transition Authority (TA) came to an end, we were consulted on whether it should be extended and we made an emphatic “No”. view
• 24 Jul 2019 in Senate: Counties have established assets and liabilities verification committees. Their reports have been submitted to the Intergovernmental Relations Technical Committee 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. view
• 24 Jul 2019 in Senate: (IGRTC). Unfortunately, it is not clear whether the Inter-governmental Budget and Economic Council (IBEC) considered the report of the IGRTC. view
• 24 Jul 2019 in Senate: The path on closure of the issue of transfer of assets and liabilities needs to be clarified. Perhaps, it is not just the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) to do it. Maybe it should be the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations or the Committee on Finance and Budget. Generally, it should be done by the House as a whole. view
• 24 Jul 2019 in Senate: In my view, after the counties do their verification, the IGRTC should receive the report and the IBEC should consider it before it goes to the Summit. From there, it must come back to Parliament for implementation. Until the County Assets and Liabilities Report comes to Parliament, we should make sure that there are no payouts or transfers because through that process, a lot of public funds and resources could be lost. view
• 24 Jul 2019 in Senate: Another risk that we have identified is weaknesses in own source revenue management. Currently, own source revenue contributes less than 10 per cent of county budgets. There is the notion that there is money that comes from Nairobi. People forget that that money comes from the grassroots. We also have people who think that that money comes from the National Assembly. Without money from the Consolidated Fund, many counties will not be able to function. view
• 24 Jul 2019 in Senate: This morning we met Wajir County Executive. They collect Kshs56 million in a year yet their annual budget is Kshs9 billion. If the taps from the Consolidated Fund were to be closed, Wajir County would cease to be a going concern. The Public Finance Management (PFM) Regulations are very clear on what counties should do to optimize own source revenue. We have also talked about automation and I am glad that Sen. (Dr.) Zani has sponsored an amendment to the PFM Act. That will make it mandatory for counties to automate revenue collection systems. view
• 24 Jul 2019 in Senate: We have also witnessed a lot of inefficiencies in technologies being used in the counties. Systems used in the counties include the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) which has serious problems. It was interesting when the architect of the IFMIS, who now heads a county government, called for the resignation of the IFMIS Director. There is also the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Database (IPPD) that is used for personnel management, Local Authority Integrated Financial Operation Management System (LAIFOMS) that is used to recognise own source revenue, G-Pay and other revenue collection systems. The problem is that all these systems ... view