18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to lay the following Paper today, Wednesday 18th March, 2015:- The Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade on its consideration of the Public Audit Bill, 2014.
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5 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Speaker. I want to confirm that the Chair of the Committee had delegated those powers to hon. Sakaja because we were engaged in another meeting. We thought that we would not be in the House by now.
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5 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I confirm that he has all the authority to continue with the business before the House.
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5 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to these amendments. I want to thank both the National Assembly and the Senate for considering this Bill that was brought to us by hon. Sakaja. I also want to thank this House for agreeing with the amendments from the Senate though they had some reservations. I also want to confirm that the Departmental Committee of Finance, Planning and Trade, where hon. Sakaja sits, has taken your views that we need to include these amendments in the new Bill that is coming. Hon. Sakaja is spearheading those amendments ...
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5 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the County Governments (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No.1 of 2014) be now read a Second Time.
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5 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
We, as the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade considered this Bill that came from the Senate and we brought a report to this House. When we received the Bill we decided to consult further. We invited the Office of the Attorney General and the Ministry of Devolution and Planning which are charged with the responsibility to oversee county governments. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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5 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
After talking to the Attorney-General, he referred us to Section 2 of the Urban Areas and Cities Act, 2011, which defined “urban areas” to mean municipalities or towns. Sections 9 and 10 of the same Act further provide for the criteria for eligibility of an urban area to be classified as a municipality or a town. We rejected this Bill for the aforementioned reasons. We also noted that the location of headquarters of any county or district is always left to the people of the area to decide. We normally call leaders from all walks of life within the district ...
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5 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
We decided, as a Committee, that if we agree that these headquarters should be permanently placed in the locations that were stated in that Bill, then we will be curtailing these headquarters to further expand. Therefore, we decided to bring this Bill as a formality, and that is why I am moving it; to let the House of the county to decide if they want their headquarters to be permanently located in the areas that the Bill stated. For the purpose of clarity, the proposal for the 47 counties is as follows:
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5 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
In Mombasa, the physical location should be within Mombasa City; in Kwale, the physical location should be within Kwale urban area; in Kilifi, it should be within Kilifi urban area; in Tana River, it should be within Hola urban area; in Lamu, it should be within Lamu urban area; in TaitaTaveta, it should be within Wundanyi urban area; in Garissa it should be within Garissa urban area; in Wajir it should be within Wajir urban area; in Mandera it should be within Mandera urban area; in Marsabit, it should be within Marsabit urban area; in Isiolo, it should be within ...
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5 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
ElgeyoMarakwet, it should be in Iten urban area; in Nandi, it should be in Kapsabet urban area; in Baringo, it should be in Kabarnet urban area; in Laikipia, it should be in Rumuruti urban area; in Nakuru, it should be in Nakuru urban area; in Narok, it should be in Narok urban area; in Kajiado, it should be in Kajiado urban area; in Kericho, it should be in Kericho urban area; in Bomet, it should be in Bomet urban area; in Kakamega, it should be in Kakamega urban area; in Vihiga, it should be in Vihiga urban area; in Bungoma, ...
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