15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: The Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade on Vetting of the Nominee for Appointment as the Chairperson of the Commission on Revenue Allocation.
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15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade on the Vetting of Nominee for Appointment as the Chairperson of the Commission on Revenue Allocation, laid on the Table of the House, today, Wednesday, 15th February, 2017 and pursuant to the provisions of Article 215 of the Constitution and Section 9 of the Commission on Revenue Allocation Act, approves the appointment of Dr. Jane Wangui Kiringai as Chairperson of the Commission on Revenue Allocation.
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15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade on the vetting of the nominee for appointment as the chairperson of the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA), laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 and, pursuant to the provisions of Article 215 of the Constitution and Section 9 of the Commission on Revenue Allocation Act, approves the appointment of Dr. Jane Wangui Kiringai as Chairperson of the Commission on Revenue Allocation. On Wednesday, 1st February 2017, the Deputy Speaker of ...
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15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly:
(4) Dr. Irene C. Asienga, who comes from Kericho; (5) Ms. Fouzia Abdikadir Dahir, who comes from Garissa; (6) Humphrey Wattanga, who comes from Nairobi; and, (7) Peter Kioko Kimuyu from Machakos. The nominee, Jane Wangui, comes from Nyeri. From the names, it can be inferred that Article 27 (8) of the Constitution on the two-thirds gender rule has been met. The same is true for Article 254 where they require regional and ethnic diversity from the people of Kenya. I want to confirm to this House that we checked on the gender rule and also ethnicity and found that ...
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15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, when we looked at her credentials and experience, we found out that she is a lady who has worked for Government in the budget section and has a wealth of experience in division of revenue. When we interviewed her, we asked her the other parameters she would be looking at before she formulates a formula for revenue allocation, and she proved to be of vast knowledge. I can confirm that the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade approved the nomination of Jane Wangui for appointment by His Excellency the President as the Chairperson of the Commission on ...
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15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly:
Constitution and Section 9 of the CRA Act, and I urge this House to approve Jane because she has met all the requirements. The Committee has embraced gender balance and has also met the diversity criterion.
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15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly:
I urge this House to approve the chairperson because the appointment of the other commissioners has been pending. There is no way the President would have appointed them without the Chairperson. We found her suitable for the appointment.
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15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly:
With those very few remarks, I move and ask Hon. Mary Emaase, who is a Committee member, to second me. Thank you.
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15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, before I reply, I would like to give two minutes to each of the following Members; Hon. Korir, Hon. Mbui, and Hon. Mule.
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15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to thank the 22 Members who contributed to this Report. I want to thank Hon. Makali Mulu, Hon. Barua, and the Member for Baringo County, who said that they have interacted with the nominee in their past education life. I want to thank Members for noting that the nominee is quite conversant with the relevant experience. I want to confirm that when we interviewed her, she said that since the formula only comes up after five years, she will take into consideration all matters that Members have raised. We expect an Integrated Household Survey ...
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