Mutula Kilonzo Jnr

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Nov 2018 in Senate: I am aware that the PPP unit has been attempting to draft regulations. Once they were drafted, they were unable to get a good framework in the Act itself that would anchor the regulations with counties. I am aware that the national regulations also came here, but the county ones have taken far too long. I am now persuaded and convinced that if this process – I agree with Sen. Sakaja – is done well, the medical leasing equipment that is costing every county, including Lamu, Nairobi and Makueni Kshs200 million. This Senate must interrogate this issue, and I will ... view
• 20 Nov 2018 in Senate: These governors would have been allowed, in a proper framework like this one, to enter into PPP with other entities, whether it is Phillips or whoever it is, who can provide the equipment and expertise they need, and when they need it. But even then, they would provide current medical equipment. We have picked obsolete medical equipment and 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
• 20 Nov 2018 in Senate: leased them for seven years. I do not know what will happen after seven years, because in true leasing, you return the equipment. We have no framework for disposal of medical equipment and will have a problem of storing equipment that we do not need. By that time, this country will have spent Kshs63 billion. view
• 20 Nov 2018 in Senate: This framework will allow our counties to enter into that framework properly. I will only refer to one Clause which has bothered me. Although I sit in this Committee, the proposed amendment to Clause 54A does not quite sit well with me. This is because, in attempting to ensure that county governments mirror the national Government, in Section 56, the option of approval is disjunctive. This means that the Cabinet has the discretion to ask Parliament to approve a project under PPP. view
• 20 Nov 2018 in Senate: The word used in Section 56 is „or‟. The amendment by the Committee which I disagree with uses the word „or‟ when it comes to the county assembly. Have we reached a situation where we can allow governors of this country the discretion to enter into PPPs without concurrence of the county assembly? The answer is “no.” The word must be „and‟. We must agree that at the national level, we have a better framework and mechanism, but since our special mandate is to protect counties, we cannot mirror Section 56 on Section 54A. To that extent, Section 54A (5) ... view
• 20 Nov 2018 in Senate: 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
• 20 Nov 2018 in Senate: The provision of this Act shall apply to contracts for design, financing, construction, operation, equipping – this is medical leasing equipment – management or maintenance of a project or the provision of public services undertaken as public-private partnerships. I think that we must put a little more caveat when it comes to provision of health. My brother, Sen. Sakaja, has talked about borrowing. Under Article 212 of the Constitution, counties are required now to borrow. There was a caveat to stop counties from borrowing on the first three years of devolution. The three years have lapsed, but there is no ... view
• 20 Nov 2018 in Senate: For example, for purposes of the conditional grants that Nairobi County has entered into with the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) or any other entity, every quarter the Controller of Budget must send a report to us so that we can ask questions as to whether the project is ongoing. This is because, if the approval has to come to the Senate, I am afraid that at some point, maybe 20 years from now, when you have three or five projects per county and each county is entering into a PPP, you will subject this Senate to a lot of ... view
• 20 Nov 2018 in Senate: Yes, Deputy Speaker, Sir view
• 20 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support that. That is why we have asked the Commission for Revenue Allocation (CRA) to come up with a policy. I picked the example of Bungoma County when we were debating the amendment to the County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA). Bungoma County has been given Kshs80 million for the water towers. However, they have no idea where that money is coming from, what it is for, who is going to oversight it and what it is going to do. The framework of how these approvals are done, whether it is a conditional grant, a ... view