Mutula Kilonzo Jnr

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3171 to 3180 of 3800.

• 30 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have a response, but upon looking at it, there was a specific request made by Sen. Hargura about a list of applicants--- view
• 30 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have the response. view
• 30 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, will you allow me to read it? It is about three pages. view
• 30 Mar 2016 in Senate: .: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, a statement was sought by Sen. Obure on the status of disbursement to counties as at 31st of January 2016. The Statement is as follows:- (1) As you are aware, the disbursements to counties are based on the County Allocation of Revenue Act, 2015 and the County Disbursement Schedule for the Financial Year 2015/2016 approved by the Senate and gazetted by the Cabinet Secretary/The National Treasury vide gazette notice number 6053, dated 19thAugust, 2015. The total allocation as per the schedule was Kshs273,225,935,204. The actual amounts disbursed to the counties as at 31st January, 2016 ... view
• 30 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am happy to report that the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget does not agree with the information that has been put in this statement in terms of delay in disbursement of funds. We have been very clear to the Cabinet Secretary in charge of the National Treasury that Article 219 is very clear. It reads:- “A county’s share of revenue raised by the national government shall be transferred to the county without undue delay and without deduction, except when the transfer has been stopped under Article 225.” Although I have read this statement as ... view
• 30 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want Sen. Wamatangi to acquaint himself--- view
• 30 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. Wamatangi needs to acquaint himself with how funds are released to counties. No funds can be released to counties unless they are approved by the Controller of Budget. Therefore, there is nothing about idle funds. The money that is in the County Revenue Fund has been approved and allocated already upon approval by the Controller of Budget. So, it is possible that your county has given out a contract but the contract or certificates have not been issued but the payment is due. Therefore, the Controller of Budget has approved the amount to go to ... view
• 29 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to defend my chairman. Last week while you were representing the country in the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly, the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Treasury was summoned. He came to the Standing Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget. Kindly allow me to check so that we can present the Statement. This Statement was requested of him. It is not deliberate on the part of the committee. However, I will find out soon enough so that we can respond as a committee. view
• 29 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will collect the Statement and read it. If it is available, I can respond accordingly. view
• 29 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, since this appears to be a trend and as Sen. Musila said, Article 37 is clear and neither is there a provision under Article 37 that requires either three days or seven days notice where a person requires to present a petition. Under what provision of law do the police qualify Article 37 in terms of seeking notice while Article 37 does not have an enabling provision, legislation or any other qualification in terms of time? Mr. Speaker, Sir, could the Chairman assist this House and Members of this House particularly who want to picket and present ... view