Moses Otieno Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 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
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: In terms of recommendations, we have shared some of these views with the Senate Business Committee (SBC). One, we feel that the Committee membership ought to be expanded from the current number of nine to 13, and that will require amendments to the Standing Orders. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: Two, in order to address the reports of county assemblies, county executives and county corporations, it will be possible to have at least two sub-committees running throughout when we expand the numbers. This is so that when we are considering the reports of a county assembly, another sub-Committee will be considering the reports of the executive on the same day. Alternatively, the House may consider establishing another Sessional Committee to consider the Reports of the Auditor-General on county assemblies. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: Three, we have proposed that we need to come up with county audit procedures and regulations that would be in the form of a Bill or regulations; or an amendment to the Public Audit Act. Four, we have proposed the establishment of a Parliamentary Audit Office that will provide technical support, not just to the Committee, but to the entire House, modelled along the same lines as the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO). view
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: Five, we have also said we need to incorporate audit opinions in the Fiscal Responsibility Index, as we discuss the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. I know that the Chair of the Committee on Finance and Budget is seized of the matter, and we hope that as we negotiate the next revenue sharing formula, that can be built in. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: Six, Senators and Committees must be empowered to carry out proactive monitoring and evaluation. Every Senator in this House has a duty to carry out oversight, and we must facilitate them. We must look into the welfare of Senators and ensure that they are able to discharge their mandates. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: Seven, the Committee has resolved that it shall consolidate its reports to the House. The report that is currently before the House is one report in two volumes, but it has put together 26 counties. This is because the House, at a Kamukunji, resolved that it was not going to be useful to consider the reports separately. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I believe that if we are to report on a timely basis, it will then be more useful and relevant to consider individual county reports. However, because of the backlog, we will consolidate these reports. We will, therefore, bring three Reports to this House every session; one consolidated report for county executives; one consolidated report for county assemblies and the fiduciary risk analysis report that is already before this House. Besides physical appearance and oral testimony, the Committee has resolved to rely on written responses from governors to speed up its work, particularly, with respect to backlog. ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in Senate: We will conduct quarterly county visits with a thematic approach. Finally, on the basis of recurrent audit findings, the Committee has resolved to engage the following stakeholders further- (1) The Auditor-General to develop a special reporting template for senate that focuses on performance rather than book keeping. (2) The Auditor- General is to conduct a special performance audit of county health sector investments ahead of universal health care. Obviously, because you have given a ruling on that matter, it will depend on the output of the Committee on Health on the matter that it is seized of. (3) We have ... view