Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The highlights from this Report are on the Government financial position as at 30th June which is provided in summary. On that, the Committee recommends as follows:- (a) The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has not been meeting its targets, resulting in scaling down of Government programmes. Moreover, failure by the MDAs to comply with the conditions agreed with development partners has been a major contributing factor. Development partners also contribute significantly to this problem by sometimes setting impossible conditions including insistence on retention of original accounting documents. view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The Committee, therefore, recommends that the CS, National Treasury, and the KRA seal all revenue leakages and tax fraud and avoidance by forwarding to Parliament draft legislation which shall criminalise the same with punitive measures. (b) All Accounting Officers, in liaison with the National Treasury, should develop and implement a programme of action to comprehensively address the under-expenditure and under- collection of AIA in their respective MDAs. (c) The National Treasury should ensure that the Kenya External Resource Policy is adhered to and substantively addresses all current and emergent issues relating to funding by development partners. We have listed the ... view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: (e) The fifth issue is on the Eurobond. The Auditor-General reported that net proceeds from the Sovereign Bond of US$1,999,052,872.97 out of the total amount of US$2 billion were received on 24th June 2014 and deposited into an offshore account contrary to Article 206 of the Constitution of Kenya and Section 17(2) of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012. The law requires that all the money raised or received by or on behalf of the national Government be paid into the Consolidated Fund. There is the risk of proceeds being appropriated without the authority of the Controller of Budget and ... view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to request for another 15 minutes, so that I can wind up. I am just about to finish. view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology topped the list with bills amounting to Kshs7,891,746,180 followed by the Ministry of Agriculture at Kshs2,681,683,989 and the Ministry of Health at Kshs2,165,368,641. The Committee noted that:- 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. view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: (1) Failure to settle bills in the year they fall distorts the financial statements for that year and adversely affects provision for the subsequent year to which they are charged. (2) Failure to settle bills in time has serious implications for suppliers and the economy in general, and portrays the Government in bad light. (3) Delayed Exchequer releases significantly contribute to pending bills and interfere with procurement plans of MDAs. Therefore, the Committee recommends as follows:- (a) Accounting Officers should institute measures to ensure that bills are always cleared within the financial year that they fall; (b) The National Treasury ... view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Accordingly, the Committee recommends that the DPP immediately proceeds with prosecution of the concerned Accounting Officers for breach of audit timelines as stipulated under Articles 225 and 226(5) of the Constitution. That the current Accounting Officers of the Ministry submit before the National Assembly and the Auditor-General a status report of all audit queries by 31st December 2016. The status report must contain an up to date asset register of the Ministry and all agencies under it. The Committee will then scrutinise and use the status report to apportion responsibility for individual errors of omission or commission. The Committee also ... view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to request you for five more minutes to wind up. view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. In conclusion, the Committee notes as follows: view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: That, some Accounting Officers seem not to know their roles. This is a concern and we have discussed it with the Ministry. In fact, some appear to be simply incompetent and in certain cases, outright scared of some departmental heads. There are quite a number who seem not to know what goes on in their respective MDAs. The Committee further recommends that stiff action be taken on Accounting Officers who open bank accounts without express approval of the National Treasury. The PFM Act is clear that no Government entity can open accounts without approval by the National Treasury. This is ... view