23 Feb 2022 in Senate:
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23 Feb 2022 in Senate:
rich and the Government and distribute to the poor in form of wheelbarrows and other Stone Age implements I support.
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22 Feb 2022 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, I rise to add my voice to the Statement that has been issued by the Senator for Migori County, Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo- Ayacko. It is indeed great disservice by the National Treasury not to release funds to county governments that this House and Parliament collectively approved. It is unconstitutional against the law and extremely bad manners. It is unfortunate that the present head of the National Treasury is a former head of a devolved unit. We believed that having a former governor running the National Treasury would be a plus for devolution because he understands the cash ...
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22 Feb 2022 in Senate:
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22 Feb 2022 in Senate:
We must ensure that by the time this House adjourns sine die, we have dealt with this issue of pending bills and put a minimum threshold. Even though there will be delayed remittances, let us ensure that it is only counties with proper action plans on statements of pending bills that get prioritized by disbursements from the National Treasury. That is a statutory provision, that the National Treasury has the power to withhold disbursements to counties where they have material and persistence breaches of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act. I encourage Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko, who is the Vice Chairperson ...
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22 Feb 2022 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, from saving me from Sen. Omondi. He did not even bow. This is not Ugenya.
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22 Feb 2022 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, I was encouraging Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko that in as much as he is pushing for the National Treasury to disburse funds to counties, which I fully support, counties with huge amounts in pending bills also need to provide a plan for settlement of those pending bills. Failure to which, we should encourage National Treasury to invoke the provisions of the PFM Act that empowers it to withhold funds where there are material breaches. Finally, our workers in the counties are suffering grossly. Delayed remittances means that the NHIF deductions are not being remitted. It also means that ...
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22 Feb 2022 in Senate:
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22 Feb 2022 in Senate:
something that should make this Senate stop doing all other business, it is this particular subject. Madam Deputy Speaker, I support that counties should get what is due to them constitutionally, but also with the proviso that pending bills should be given priority before the end of term of current governors.
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17 Feb 2022 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support the Statement by Sen. Ngugi. He is a Senator who has taken his role very naturally and quickly. I pray that even in the next Senate, Sen. Ngugi will get an opportunity to at least serve some five years on behalf of the young people of Kenya. I have just been reflecting on why engineering technologists require a different legal framework from other engineers. I know that many of us are debating or contributing to this without fully understanding who engineering technologists are. The definition of Engineering Technologist in Engineering Technologist Act is ...
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