Rev. Mutava Musyimi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: My Committee is, however, concerned that the first pillar may prove elusive to achieve since the Budget Policy Statement has not clearly identified policies that will enable the country to achieve macroeconomic stability to support conducive business environment. For example, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, no concrete policies have been put in place to contain the ballooning public debt. Furthermore, Government’s priority programmes are always identified in the planning stages but never really fully implemented during the year. My Committee further observed that the third pillar proposes several infrastructure and energy projects which are normally financed through donor funds. The uptake ... view
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: procurement processes, donor conditionality and delayed counterpart funding by the Government. My Committee, therefore, recommends that efforts be made to ensure that projects with counterpart funding are adequately funded in the Budget to guarantee full implementation. view
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: The BPS in the fourth pillar has cited reforms to the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA) supply chain management so as to address the challenge of shortage of essential medicines and medical equipment. We note with concern that weak financial management systems among subunits in the education sector is leading to under- reporting and irregular capturing of expenditure and revenues. My Committee, therefore, urges quick action on these concerns so that the economy may achieve inclusive growth and provide employment opportunities for our people, especially the youth and improve the quality of services provided by the Government. view
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Let me then say something about medium term spending priorities in the BPS. The Budget and Appropriations Committee received recommendations from various departmental committees. These recommendations requested increments to the allocations proposed to the BPS to various sectors. It is, however, important to note the short period that was availed to the various Departmental Committees was not very helpful to any of us. It was, therefore, not possible to undertake detailed scrutiny of the past performance of the spending agencies under their respective jurisdictions. I can say that this is a matter we have shared with the President and the ... view
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: I urge the Committees to in future spend more time in interrogating the policies behind the programmes that the Ministries implement. I also urge the Parliamentary Service Commission to recruit specialist in the various sectors so that Committees have access to continous advice. Let us remind ourselves that budget making is a continuous process. This is a point we sought to make to the governors when we met them today. We had a meeting with the governors, the Council of Governors led by the Deputy Chair and Dr. Evans Kidero, Governor of Nairobi. We must note that budget making is ... view
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: The following are the sectoral issues and recommendations made by the various Committees. In the social sector, the Committee notes that it has an expenditure ceiling of Kshs336.9 billion in the BPS. This constitutes 30.3 per cent of total discretionary expenditures. The Committee, however, notes that the effort should be made by the sector to upscale free maternity health programme and only commit to projects that require counterpart funding once the requisite resources have been secured rather that in anticipation of the same. The Chair of this Committee, hon. (Dr.) Nyamai, was fairly strong on this matter and certainly we ... view
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: There is also need to institute curriculum reforms in education so as to align the outputs with the requirements of the market. Although the social protection fund for senior citizens of the society has been very beneficial, proper statistics on the exact 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
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: number and the distribution of beneficiaries is actually lacking. The allocation for this fund has increased from 2.5 to Kshs1 billion between 2007 and 2012. Questions have been raised as to whether the resources from the fund have been fairly and equitably distributed across the country. My Committee recommends that starting 2014/2015 direct cash disbursements for the older persons be based on a clear criterion backed by statistics. This will go a long way in addressing issues of equity and fairness. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with the regard to the energy infrastructure communication and technology sector, my Committee observes that ... view
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: in the governance of our nation, coordinate and supervise Government affairs, promote efficient and effective human resource management, develop improved public service delivery and promote public sector integrity. On environmental protection, water and natural resources, the Budget and Appropriations Committee urges the sector to use its proposed expenditure ceilings of Kshs54.9 billion in the BPS to provide for the expansion of water coverage and sewerage facilities; scaling up water storage to improve water security; conservation and management of water catchment areas; mitigation and adoptation measures on climate change; enforcement of sector laws and regulations and restoration of Nairobi River must ... view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am much obliged. I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House, today, Thursday, 6th March, 2014:- The Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on the Budget Policy Statement, 2014 view