Mutula Kilonzo Jnr

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1981 to 1990 of 3800.

• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, perhaps, in the course of this financial year or next maybe, we should have a joint committee to ensure that we participate in this process. When the Supreme Court said that the Senate must have a voice on budgets, this is what they meant. This is a very important process and we should enlighten our colleagues. This is the time to deal with the questions that affect this country. Sen. Halake talks about budget collections and our revenue. This is a contradiction because progressively, if you read the Budget Policy Statement (BPS), the country’s economy has ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: that by the time we realise, we will have old Shanghai and China town and everything will belong to them. That is why we are even importing Chinese fish. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: What is the solution? Going into the next BPS, I will propose that we find another method. I still do not know how the Senate is going to ensure that this resolution is with Rotich and that he follows it. I also do not know what the Senate will do if he does not follow it. We must find that solution. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: In the last BPS, we never made any comment on the division of revenue. We assumed that when it comes and it is tabled here, we would have an opportunity of amending it but we got stuck. I am glad that we have told the National Treasury that they have no room to negotiate or move downwards on the base allocation to counties without amending division of revenue. Senators, you might not be aware of this. The Kshs9 billion that was in the controversial financial amendment is what has been imported quietly into the amendment and reduction of Kshs9 billion ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: Lastly, I am also happy the former Chair of the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) – Mr. Micah Cheserem was not as strong as the current Chair - The current chair of the CRA is a hard nut to crack and it is a lady. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: I knew you would clap. She has refused saying that the figure allocated to counties in comparison to the national Government revenue has reduced by over three per 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
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: cent and we must say no to it. The budgets and projections for the national Government have gone up but those of counties have reduced and the excuse is something happening in East Africa that we must reduce fiscal deficits by three per cent by 2020. Therefore, the figures for counties must reduce. Secondly, they have said they will reduce their borrowing from 56 to 49 per cent to comply with the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act and therefore counties must suffer. We were discussing with the Chair and the Speaker, that if there is shortfall in revenue collection, it ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: and Sen. Cherargei knows what I mean. We should protect counties not for now but for posterity. I have sat in three mediation committees on the Division of Revenue Bill. Had we not set that precedent early in the day, then devolution would have begun to suffer. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support this Report in its entirety. My happiest moment is the exclusion of leasing of medical equipment from conditional grants. We have proposed to exclude it in its entirety. Let them know that if the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury, Mr. Rotich, brings the Division of ... view
• 26 Feb 2019 in Senate: .: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sen. M. Kajwang' raises a very important point. The Committee that was co-chaired by Sen. Orengo and Sen. Murungi proposed two reports. This Report that has been table by the Deputy Majority Leader was not contemplated in any of the election laws (Amendment) Bill. The reports that were contemplated to be tabled before Parliament are two- (1) The Report on the Audit of the Electronic System which included the server. We want to know what was happening with the server. (2)The Report on the Audit of the Register. Now, from the ... view
• 26 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, even before you give directions on this matter, it is my considered view that this is an audit issue. During the previous session, it was mentioned that Kshs17 billion was set aside for the programme and every time we kept asking what the policy is. view