Rev. Mutava Musyimi

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• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: proposed an amendment to the Division of Revenue Bill, basically because they were afraid and very concerned that the Level 5 hospitals risked closure if not well funded. The Committee noted that the counties with the Level 5 hospitals would be unfairly disadvantaged as they would be forced to put in an extra amount of their equitable share to run the Level 5 health facilities, which provide services to other nearby counties. I think this is a very important point that we wish to understand and embrace. We noted that there were no sufficient funds provided for Level 5 hospitals ... view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: As I continue, let me also say that the Committee was concerned and we took the opportunity to express this position. We are deeply concerned about the utilization of funds by the county governments. We get the sense that there is a lot of misappropriation of funds, misallocation of priorities and money that should be going to development is going to votes that, otherwise, will not benefit our people; examples are travel, capacity building and all those other vote heads that we read about. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Mediation Committee heard that the Senate Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget ... view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: timelines have been a bit tight. But I am sure they have followed the general drift of the argument. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the hon. Members will also notice that in the actual Bill that is attached to this Report, we have brought clarity to the issue of the Kshs5 million available to each of the 290 constituencies as conditional grant for the Economic Stimulus Package (ESP). That money will be available to each constituency on the platform of the county governments, but will go down to the constituencies. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Mediation Committee, therefore, recommends one, that the National ... view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Much obliged. I beg to reply. But before I do so, let me do your job. You are asking me to donate my time. You have the liberty to catch the eyes of hon. Members who wish to contribute. My time is more limited than yours. Therefore, I can only afford two minutes. I wish to donate one minute to hon. Joseph Manje, Member of Parliament for Kajiado North and one minute to hon. Benjamin Langat, Member of Parliament for Ainamoi; the Chairperson of Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade; in that order. Thank you. view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to take this opportunity to, first of all, thank hon. Speaker for appointing me together with my other 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
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: colleagues to sit in the Mediation Committee. It was not lost on us that those who were appointed were Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. The message to us was that we have the institutional memory and we did our best to represent this august House and the concerns of our people. I also wish to thank all the hon. Members for the quality of debate and the depth of contribution. I was highly reflective and at times quite passionate. But we have taken note. We are a new dispensation. There may be mistakes, but they are honest mistakes. ... view
• 22 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Much obliged hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for indulging me. It is just a point of information to the Member. I wanted to inform the Member that we have a Budget and Appropriations Committee meeting tomorrow and we have invited the Mover of this Bill to come before the Committee tomorrow, so that we can thrush some of the suggestions that are being aired this morning, with a view to enriching the final law at the Committee Stage. view
• 1 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, thank you for indulging me. Hon. Members will know that I wrote to you petitioning you to allow us to set an inter-party political caucus and that letter was fortified by 115 signatures, no less, from sides of the isle. I take this opportunity, first of all, to thank hon. Members for their faith in me. Secondly, to thank you for acceding to our request and granting us your support so that we can set up an inter-party parliamentary caucus. The intention of this caucus is to give us the platform around which to seek national harmony and ... view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am much obliged, but before I give my reply, I would like to donate two minutes to hon. Chanzu. view