Dr. Oburu Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 951 to 960 of 1641.

• 28 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) In regard to parts “a”, “b” and “c”--- view
• 28 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I cannot vouch on the issue of time, but I know that it was supplied. I do not know whether I could read the answer first--- view
• 28 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to ask for your indulgence to defer it to Wednesday afternoon. view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Government has constituted a Committee to advise on pertinent issues regarding setting up of an Equalization Fund as provided under Article 204 of the Constitution. (b) Once the revenue base for shared revenue between the National Government and County Governments is determined by the Committee, the actual initial amount to be set aside for the Fund will be decided. view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the same Article 204 which the hon. Member has referred to specifically states how this Fund shall be established. view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Article 216(4) says as follows:- “The Commission shall determine, publish and regularly review a policy in which it sets out the criteria by which to identify the marginalised areas for purposes of Article 204(2).” view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that formula is yet to be determined. If you look at the implementation schedule, this particular section on financial sector was given one year. We still have up to August 27 to introduce the Finance Management Bill, which will set out clearly, how these funds will be managed. As it is now, even the structures in the counties have not been established. So, if you ring-fence funds; funds are very scarce resources and there are competing needs. We must, first of all, put into place the necessary legislation in order to start implementing and allocating funds. We ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is not provided for in the Constitution. view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the membership of the Committee is as follows: There is Parliament’s Budget Office which has technical people there, Attorney- General’s office, Kenya National Audit Office, Accountant General’s Office, Internal Audit Office of the Treasury, Budget Supplies Department in the Treasury, Economic Affairs Department and Debt Management Department in the Treasury. This is the composition. The Bill is almost ready. Once it goes through the necessary process such as the Constitutional Implementation Commission and the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee, it will finally come to this House for debate. We are within the deadline. view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Article I read out here clearly states that it is the Revenue Allocation Commission (RAC) which is going to determine a formula that is going to help us identify which are marginalised areas and which are not marginalised areas. So, how do we start allocating funds even before that is done? view