Rev. Mutava Musyimi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to appraise this House on the status of business pending before the Budget and Appropriations Committee. Before I do so, let me just indicate that much of our work is largely tied to the Budget calendar and the review of legislative proposals that are considered to have implications on current and future Budgets, popularly known as “money Bills” in the context of Article 114. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Budget and Appropriations Committee has sought to discharge its duties. We have currently 26 legislative proposals pending and some have been referred to the National Treasury as is required. I might also indicate that given the sensitivity of money Bills, we, as a Committee, have decided that we should not proceed with any final determination until we have given the sponsors of these Bills and Motions the opportunity to appear before the Committee. That has created other problems. It has not always been possible for us to get the sponsors, and sometimes we have waited for a ... view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Strategic Industries Bill, 2015 by Hon. Gatobu and the Public Benefits Organisations (Amendment) Bill, 2014 by Hon. Kuria. There is a Motion that the Government undertakes a comprehensive national self survey by Hon. Ottichilo, a Motion to ensure that the Government sets up an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and a blood transfusion unit in every constituency by Hon. Dawood, and a Motion regarding the allocation of adequate funds for infrastructure development and employment of teachers in order to guarantee free and compulsory quality education to every Kenyan child in compliance with the Constitution by Hon. Wandayi. There is also a ... view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me just remind Members that the law is clear on this matter. There are those of us who feel that the Budget and Appropriations Committee has too many powers but that is the law we passed. Section 114(2) of the Constitution says: view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: “If in the opinion of the Speaker of the National Assembly, a motion makes provision for a matter mentioned in the definition of ‘a money Bill”, the Assembly may proceed only in accordance with the recommendation of the relevant Committee of the Assembly after taking into account the views of the Cabinet Secretary responsible for finance.” That is the law. If that creates power issues in terms of the responsibilities assigned to the Budget and Appropriations Committee, those are matters for another day. All we are doing is prosecuting our mandate. view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Secondly, I also need to indicate that before any Bill or Motion is discussed by my Committee, it must receive thorough analysis by the Parliamentary Budget Office. Sometimes that takes time because they are the ones with the expertise and not us. They would normally analyse a Bill or Motion and then come to us with the recommendations. From there, we try the best we can to be fair. Obviously, we must get the views of the Cabinet Secretary of the National Treasury. That is why it is absolutely crucial in my view. Even if we take long, we hold ... view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Mwaura is proposing, that I leave to your better judgment, but my humble reading of the law leads me to a different direction. view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: With respect to matters that we have dealt with in the Committee that are now within the system of Parliament, that matter is beyond us because once we finish with Bills, we act very quickly. I sign the report and it gets into the administration of Parliament and we cannot take responsibility for any delays that follow thereafter. view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: I value what you have said about having smaller committees. Earlier on in the leadership of my Committee, we sought to learn from the German Parliament about what they call clusters to see whether we could use the system of clusters where we divide ourselves into smaller committees to consider certain matters. You will agree with me that these Bills are very sensitive. We want to hear the sponsor omundu khu mundu, allow me to use that phrase. Instead of hearing about Bills of a sponsor through a Committee, we prefer to do it more directly. We will take into ... view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am being asked to do a very difficult job which is to question the capacity of plenary to make its decisions. I am not in a position to do so. I respect the decision of this Honourable House with regard to the Budget for the Financial Year 2015/2016 and we have 2016/2017. If there are any lessons that need to be learnt through the committee work, those need to be applied at that point. view