Onyonka Richard Momoima

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Aug 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I actually would like to officially give credit to the Kenya Kwanza Government because, for the first time, all the money that is supposed to go to the county governments has been released. That is what we would want to encourage the Government to do. This money being released is not supposed to be done as a punishment; it is supposed to be done because one, it is constitutional. Secondly, it is the national Government’s responsibility. In this case, the Kenya Kwanza Government’s responsibility is to make sure that our money is released and taken to ... view
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• 2 Aug 2023 in Senate: The second issue that I have discovered or experienced since coming to the Senate and being in this Committee and many of the other committees like the County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC), is that the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Budget, which we are talking about now, and the Senate Standing Committee on Devolution, has been quite amazing. First, I have understood that unless we protect devolution fiercely, there is a possibility that even by default, not by design, devolution can fail. We must take responsibility as the Senate, which is the body that is mandated to make sure ... view
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• 2 Aug 2023 in Senate: are run properly, the resources are utilised well, and services are provided on time so that our country can move forward because this is what we want for our country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when you look at the audit reports, because I sit in the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Budget, as you saw it being announced by the Kenya Kwanza Government, the pending bills are about Kshs560 billion. Hon. Members of this Senate, I would like to plead with you, let us make sure that we look for a structured way how we can sit down and ... view
• 2 Aug 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, how then do you expect me as the Senator for Kisii County, to look at it? It is an injustice and unfair. We know cartels came and did some ghost projects. However, there were genuine Kenyans who did works. They can produce certificates from the same officers in the county governments who will then confirm that they completed the works and ask them to collect their cheques. However, the money was paid to somebody else. view
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• 2 Aug 2023 in Senate: I request this House to come up with a solution on how to solve the problem of the pending bills. I am also proud of this Committee. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale and my friends who are here, when you look at the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and all the other audit reports from the Auditor General; we are now two years away from breaking even. I believe that by 2024, we shall be able to audit all the reports being presented from county governments. This means we shall not be morticians any more, colleagues. We shall now audit and oversight State ... view
• 2 Aug 2023 in Senate: Nairobi City County and Hon. Sakaja’s revenues have been declining for the last nine months. That is not his problem. We discovered that within the structures that were set up, there were three to four companies, that were running the outfit for collecting revenue within the county government. At the same time, the same people that the previous Governors – hon. Sonko and hon. Kidero – had, are the same ones collecting the revenue. view
• 2 Aug 2023 in Senate: We are happy that Hon. Sakaja came in and stopped what was going on. I am very proud. Last week when he met our Committee, he said that the revenue has now picked up. The City County might end up collecting close to Kshs26 billion this year alone. That is the management and leaders that we want. Our people do not want excuses of why we are at a Kshs3 trillion budget, yet we have no medicine or water in the hospital and doctors are not being paid on time. They do not want excuses of having unpaid Early Childhood ... view