Moses Otieno Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Mar 2019 in Senate: Imbalances in development are seen even at the national level. For example, we have witnessed a scenario where Kshs64 billion is set aside to construct two dams with a target audience or beneficiaries numbering 100,000. A budget of Kshs64 billion is set aside for dams yet I have not seen a multi-billion shilling project in Homa Bay County with a population of 1.4 million people. Those are imbalances that perpetuate a sense and feeling of exclusion from the centre and the national cake. The same thing is happening in the counties. view
• 21 Mar 2019 in Senate: In my county, a decision was made to build a tarmac road from one corner of a constituency to another corner of another constituency at a budget of Kshs500 million. One example is Gendia Road that starts from Gendia to Kadongo, which traverses two constituencies and goes through about three wards and that will cost of Kshs500 million. However, when you go to Suba Constituency, not a single shilling has been set aside to build a tarmac road. Those are the kind of feelings that make (MCAs) feel that they need protection from the Senate. We are saying that not ... view
• 21 Mar 2019 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 21 Mar 2019 in Senate: things happening. This is going to be their waterloo if they promise the public that the money is coming for them to use as they deem fit. The Bill needs to be very clear on how projects are identified, how oversight is carried out and the role of the MCAs. I can see that the role of the MCAs will just be to approve the criteria for allocation, approve the plans and to do the oversight of the plans at the county assembly level and maybe to guide in public participation but not to be the ones deciding which project ... view
• 21 Mar 2019 in Senate: There is a Clause that states the penalties and consequence of non-adherence to this Act. I want to urge the Mover of this Bill to ensure that it is consistent with the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act because the Act has some sanctions and consequences for lack of financial prudence. If counties did what they are required to do, this Bill would be unnecessary. Right now, county assemblies are doing public participation on County Fiscal Strategy Papers (CFSP). It is during the budget making process that priorities are identified and put in a budget. The question is; is the public ... view
• 21 Mar 2019 in Senate: There is need for the county assemblies to establish county budget offices. In Parliament, we have the benefit of a Parliamentary Budget Office which was born out of the realization that elected Members are not necessarily experts in budget, economic and financial matters. We now have a specialized public budget office which is protected by the PFM Act. Counties do not have that benefit and we need to think of legislating, coming up with regulations or building the capacity of counties for them to establish their own budget offices. They should not just come up with budget offices but they ... view
• 21 Mar 2019 in Senate: We also established the County Budget and Economic Forum (CBEF) which can do a lot in theory but is doing absolutely nothing in practice because they are controlled by the governors. When we call the governors before the Committee on County Public Accounts and Investments and ask them about the establishment of these budget and economic forums, they say they have established them. The question is; how effective are they? The private sector has repeatedly told us that they want to be part of the CBEF. When we meet the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) during the annual round tables, ... view
• 21 Mar 2019 in Senate: The County Development Boards would be the forums where the county executive, national executive, county assembly and Parliament would sit in one room to harmonize and prioritize development. That would only happen if the County Development Boards had not been declared unconstitutional by the courts and I do not know how far we have gone with the litigation. Right now, you are going to have ward based projects, constituency based projects managed by the Member of the National Assembly, countywide projects managed by the county view
• 21 Mar 2019 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 21 Mar 2019 in Senate: governor and projects superintended over by the county commissioner, who is currently chairing a county development structure. The county commissioner reports to the committee that is led by the Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Fred Matiang’i. The projects that the national Government is undertaking in counties are of much greater value than the monies that the counties are getting. If there is a Kshs64 billion project in Elgeyo- Marakwet, it would be under the purview of the county commissioner. He will be the one to oversee and monitor it and the governor will be left with a Kshs3 billion budget to look ... view