Moses Otieno Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, no sooner had you called me, than I stepped to the Dispatch Table, if I was to us the words that were used by Sen. Cheruiyot who spoke before me. I rise pursuant to standing order 51 (1) (b) to make a statement on the activities of the Sessional Committee on County Public Accounts and Investments (CPAIC) for the period commencing 12th February to June 2019. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee was reconstituted for the third session on 12th February 2019. The Committee thereafter elected its leadership on 19th February 2019 and kicked off its ... view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, during the period under review, the Committee undertook one county visit. We visited Samburu County to assess the measures taken to address non conformances raised by the OAG. The Committee held meetings with the Public Accounts Committee of Samburu as well as the Governor and the Executive. The Committee visited several county projects, including two of the level four hospitals where it was established that the county was not getting value for money from its investments in the Managed Equipment Scheme. I hope that this House will follow through on its past recommendations on scrutiny of ... view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: (3) The Committee has also resolved that it shall report its findings and recommendations to the House in the form of a Fiduciary Risks Report. The report covering the financial years from 2013 – 2016 has already been laid before the House. view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the appearances by governors have brought to the national debate the state of financial management in counties. For example, in Kiambu County, the Committee revealed that their budget execution report included budget items running into billions that were on functions that were not devolved. This led to a heated national debate on the integrity of financial reports from counties, the fitness of IFMIS to support counties as well as the capacity of the Auditor General and oversight bodies to proactively address financial management challenges at the counties. The Committee resolved to request the Auditor General to ... view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: Again, during the session, the Committee considered a proposal by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) to strengthen the capacity of the Committee in carrying out proactive audits. The framework for the support is still morphing, and so far, WFD has helped in setting up contacts and a study tour of United Kingdom’s public finance oversight structures. For the months of July, August and September, the Committee has scheduled governors of 29 counties to appear before it. The Committee shall also undertake county visits within the same period. In the month of August, the Committee has convened the annual accountability ... view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, it is true that particularly when the County Government of Taita Taveta appeared before my Committee, we referred to Regulation 25 of the PFM Regulations for County Governments. It is very clear that allocations to County Assembly shall not exceed 7 per cent of the county’s revenue or twice the emoluments, whichever is lower. These are part of the fiscal responsibility principles that start from the Constitution; they are in the PFM Act and the regulations. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have consulted my colleagues, some who seat in the Finance and Budget Committee. In ... view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. Cheruiyot for the reminder of sitting outside the precincts of Parliament. In our schedule, we will visit a minimum of five counties. We have already planned those visits. On 3rd September, 2019, we will visit Kwale County. On 4th September, 2019, we will be in Mombasa County. We will do Machakos, Kitui and Makueni when the Senate goes to mashinani. We would wish to do more of these counties away from the Senate precincts. Sometimes the challenge is that of backlog. However, we believe that we will be more effective if ... view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the amendment to the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act. This is a very straightforward amendment and has everything to do with automation of revenue collection systems in our counties. 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
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: I want to congratulate the Mover of this amendment Sen. (Dr.) Zani whom we call the “general” when we go to our party politics, for bringing this amendment which is worded so candidly. The main amendment says that every county shall, in consultation with the National Treasury, design, develop and implement, a county revenue collection system. view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: Having chaired the CPAIC, I believe that every county needs to have an automated revenue collection system. It is one way of ensuring that we optimize own source revenue and also get rid of something that we learnt when we were discussing issues to do with Migori County, called under-carboning. Under-carboning is where revenue collection is manual. The revenue collector charges the market woman Kshs50, but deletes the carbon copy and then enters Kshs20 on the carbon copy. In between collection and submission to the county, the county has already lost Kshs30. An automated revenue collection system will bring about ... view