Moses Otieno Kajwang'

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 May 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as is the traditional of this House, I join you in welcoming the students from Machakos County. The only problem is that we cannot see them. view
• 11 May 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In that case, I join you in welcoming them and in congratulating the Senator for Machakos County who is one of the newest entrants to this House for inviting these students to this House. I believe and pray that either of them sitting in that Gallery will one day be sitting on the Floor of this House and will be addressing the nation from the Floor of this House. view
• 11 May 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to second and support the County Allocation of Revenue Bill that has been moved by the Senate Majority Whip. When this House passed the Division of Revenue Bill which was later assented to, we agreed that county governments would share Kshs370 billion. Getting to Kshs370 billion was not a walk in the park. It caused this House several weeks of deliberation. It caused this House many days of brinkmanship to force the national Government to cede ground to county governments. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you recall county governments were stuck at Kshs320 billion. When we ... view
• 11 May 2022 in Senate: It is noteworthy that the allocation to counties has remained stagnant in two financial years. That has been explained by the difficulties that the economy faced during the COVID-19 pandemic and the post-COVID-19 recovery phase, the pressure on debt and other fiscal deficit matters. If this House passed the Bill that was proposing to amend the Constitution to allocate at least 35 per cent of national revenues to county governments, then we would be talking of a completely different amount. We would be talking of figures close to Kshs500 billion going to counties. This money we are sharing today amongst ... view
• 11 May 2022 in Senate: It is important that the Committee on Finance and Budget and this House pronounces itself on the matter of pending Bills. If all counties have received their allocations, why should any county hand over pending bills to another government? In the few days remaining in the life of this House, there are two things that we must deal with. These are the issues of pending bills and delayed remittances to counties. We should not leave this House when there is any money that is owed to a county government. That is against the Disbursement Schedule that this House has passed. ... view
• 11 May 2022 in Senate: 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
• 11 May 2022 in Senate: assembly. Why on earth would a county assembly have pending bills when the county assembly makes requisitions on the basis of a budget that has already been approved? We will do this House and the nation great service if we sort out this matter. Last week, we had a meeting with contractors in Homa Bay County. They are extremely concerned that the county government is shutting down without paying their pending bills some of which are running into billions of shillings. The fear is when a new administration takes over, the first thing they do is to set up a ... view
• 11 May 2022 in Senate: If a contractor was seen to have been close to the outgoing governor, chances are that they will not be paid. We have seen this and we now have experience. We have seen it from the first transition. Let this House not allow that situation to apply in the second transition for county governments. This House has a responsibility to oversight the Kshs370 billion that we are proposing to divide amongst county governments. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if we were to get a scorecard on our experience in oversight of financial matters, probably it would not be a favourable one. All ... view
• 11 May 2022 in Senate: I have been told that this House has been elegant in representation, speaking good English and in legislation. However, I am told it has failed Kenyans when it comes to financial oversight. That is because of the inadequacy of the tools that we possess as a House. I propose that going forward in the next Senate, let us go for value for money based oversight rather than transaction based oversight. For the last 10 years, we have been looking at crunching numbers and transactions and asking why they are in the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) or not. We ... view
• 11 May 2022 in Senate: This House must come back refreshed and reenergized to start asking these questions. With this allocation, we will push the allocation to Kshs2.7 trillion. We must ask ourselves how much of that money has gone into health and not just payment of salaries. It should be the infrastructure, systems and services involved in healthcare provision. How much of that has gone into roads or agriculture? My colleagues who will come back to this House, I plead that let that be the focus of our oversight. Rather than just calling our governors here to ask them why numbers are not adding ... view