Murungi Kathuri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 4941 to 4950 of 6659.

• 13 Apr 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir for this opportunity. I appreciate that during sharing of the sharable revenue, there is the Kshs2.5 billion which has been collected. The national Government is getting Kshs2.1 trillion, Equalization Fund – Kshs8.3 billion, and county equitable shareable revenue – Kshs385.4 billion. My concern on this Bill is what is left for the Equalization Fund because for the last 10 years, these funds have never been administered the right way. Sometimes they are appropriated and then they are still spent by the National Treasury. This is a constitutional fund which should be ring-fenced so that this ... view
• 13 Apr 2023 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
• 13 Apr 2023 in Senate: The Senators of this Republic have no teeth. They cannot be able to move an inch in the constituencies. The money allocated to the Senators to move in the counties is equivalent to what the Member of the National Assembly are given, approximately Kshs800,000, to cater for the interest of the constituencies. When I served South Imenti Constituency, I was given the same amount that I receive and I am supposed to oversight nine constituencies in Meru County. It means that as much as we give money to the counties, governors have a lot of leeway to spend it the ... view
• 13 Apr 2023 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
• 13 Apr 2023 in Senate: The Committee on Finance and Budget should rectify that. They should consider bringing amendments to the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, so that the CoB can track whether money allocated or released to the counties goes to particular votes. I like the way the National Government-Constituencies Development Fund (NG- CDF) works. It works in a manner such that every coin released by the National Treasury is known where it goes. A lot of money is released to the counties. Maybe they spend 70 per cent on recurrent expenditure and 30 per cent is left for projects. In my county, there ... view
• 12 Apr 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity also to make a brief comment. I really want to thank you and the Senate Business Committee (SBC) for giving the chairpersons of the Liaison Committee time to come and brief the House on the progress in their committees. We had requested through you, and we are happy that we requested this. As the Chairperson, I have realized that there is something that we need to fine tune, especially because we have only 10 minutes for the Chairperson to present the Report. So, in our subsequent meetings, we will discuss how we ... view
• 12 Apr 2023 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
• 12 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are happy and we will continue giving the three months’ report. As we agreed during our induction of the chairpersons’ retreat, at end of the year, with this progress, we shall be able to have a Senate Day which has never happened again. We will have a Senate Day whereby we will be able to give the Republic of Kenya a live media coverage on the progress of the Senate. Nobody will never talk about us. It is only us, the Senators and the Senate, including the Speaker that will be able to tell the public ... view
• 12 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to contribute on this issue. view
• 12 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order 53 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing on the state of progress in the evaluation of tenders and the commencement of dualling works of Meru Town roads B66/A9 Project, Phase One. In the Statement, the Committee should - (1) Apprise the Senate on the status of the evaluation of tenders number KeNHA/2536/2022 and KeNHA/2540/2022 for dualling, consultancy services for the construction and supervision of Meru Town roads B66/A9 Phase One works, noting that the two tenders were closed on 18th March, 2022 and ... view