25 Sep 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion-
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25 Sep 2019 in Senate:
THAT, pursuant to Section 17 of the Public Finance Management Act and Standing Order No.183 of the Senate, this House adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget on the County Governments Cash Disbursement Schedule for the Financial Year 2019/2020, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 25th September, 2019.
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25 Sep 2019 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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25 Sep 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, just by a way of assisting Sen. Khaniri as we wait for the Committee on Health to get to the bottom of this matter, the 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.
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25 Sep 2019 in Senate:
circumstances leading to this death might lead to an inquiry. Sen. Khaniri is best advised to ensure that a good postmortem is done before the burial.
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25 Sep 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to move the following Motion- THAT, pursuant to Section 17 of the Public Finance Management Act and Standing Order No.183 of the Senate, this House approves the Report of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget on the County Governments Cash Disbursement Schedule for Financial Year 2019/2020, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 25th September, 2019. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I intend to be---
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25 Sep 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the assistance. Before I proceed, I want to speak to the case of the children and for the benefit of the Committee on Education, the principle of the Stella Awinja case still applies in terms of liability for buildings and they will benefit with that finding.
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25 Sep 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I urge my colleagues to get this Cash Disbursement Schedule because we will be making reference to it so that you can check the sort of disbursement your counties are getting this financial year.
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25 Sep 2019 in Senate:
Secondly, I am happy to inform the Senate today that the National Assembly agreed with our proposal which ended up being Section 11(1) (2) which has led to transfer of a total of Kshs55.071 billion to counties for the period July, August and September within seven days of the approval of this Cash Disbursement Schedule. This is an unusual place which we have made contrary to what is the usual practice of sending money on monthly basis.
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25 Sep 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on passing this Schedule - if I will have my way and if Senators agree, if we can do it today so much the better - your counties will receive Kshs55.071 billion. This is the monthly allocation for July, August and September to cater for the period during the impasse. 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.
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