Moses Otieno Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Jul 2019 in Senate: It is our view - we have expressed it in the past - that we either expand the mandate of the Parliamentary Budget Office to cover parliamentary audit and scrutiny, or establish another body that could be referred to as a parliamentary audit office to do the same. It will consist of a team of technicians and analysts that will support the work of the oversight Committees of this House. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to highlight some of the risks that have been identified in that Report. In the first three years of devolution, counties were generally not ... view
• 24 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, another example of a case that we have looked at where there is inconsistence with the law, is a circular by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) that limits the capacity of vehicles that county governors and their executives are allowed to purchase. Governors are defining that circular with serious impunity. There are counties where governors have made orders that they need a 5600 centimetres cubed vehicle whereas the guidelines put it at a cap of 3000 centimetres cubed. Is that guideline practical? If it is practical, then no governor should appear before The electronic version ... view
• 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