Moses Otieno Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will give a brief highlight on some of the challenges faced by the Committee. One, the Committee, once again, faced court injunctions that hampered its operations, especially when undertaking inquiries. I am, however, glad to report that where our power to summon witnesses was challenged, the courts of law affirmed our Constitutional duty and right to summon any person to appear before Parliament. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: Two, we have had a serious backlog of audit reports that made the process of consideration of these reports redundant since most issues raised would have since changed significantly. Just this morning, we met the Governor of Kirinyaga County, Hon. Waiguru, who found it quite difficult to take ownership of the issues that were raised during the time of her predecessor. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: Three, we have had numerous requests for postponement of meetings to consider audit reports from county governments. This has prompted us, in several cases, to use summons to compel Governors to appear before us. We still suffer from the lack of clear distinction of what county assemblies can consider in the Auditor-General‟s Report vis-a- 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
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: what the Committee can consider. I believe that this is an area where this Senate can come up with clarity. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: Finally, Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the challenges faced, the Majority Whip tabled the Auditor-General‟s Report on one of the county corporations just today. The sheer number of Reports that the Committee receives every session is daunting, and we need to come up with a strategy for their consideration. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, county governments have also put before us certain challenges that are worth consideration by this House. One, county governments have complained that delayed exchequer releases heavily impair their performance. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: Two, county governments have complained about the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS). Today we had a very interesting discussion with the Governor of Kirinyaga who, at some point, was the Director of IFMIS and was responsible for the roll out of the system. It was interesting to listen to her perceptions, now that she is a user and is not at the other side of the national Treasury. We will be bringing the resolutions of some of those discussions to this House. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, county governments have also talked about default by national Government institutions in payment of rent and rates to them. Yesterday, we were discussing a Kshs5 billion loan that Nairobi City County Government owes Equity Bank. This is a loan that moved from Equity Bank to Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB); and they are now going to move it to United Bank of Africa (UBA). We undertook to write a letter of objection to the national Treasury so that they do not give approval to Nairobi City County Government to transfer that loan to UBA, because it was going ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the process of approval of budgets from the Controller of Budget (COB), where officers from county governments have to physically travel to Nairobi with brown envelopes, is a cause of inefficiency. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: Finally, Mr. Speaker, Sir, is the interference in the county assembly autonomy by the county executive in submission of requests for budget approval from the COB. The striking example is the case of Machakos, where the Governor decided that the request by the county assembly to the COB for a budgetary support would not be honoured until the Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) approved certain things that he wanted approved. We addressed that matter and I am glad that there seems to be some resolution of the matter. view