27 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:-
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27 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
THAT, Clause 129 be amended-
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27 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
(a) in subclause (2)(a) by deleting the words “the Appropriation Bill”;
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27 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
(b) in subclause (2) (b), by inserting the words “except the Finance Bill” immediately after the word “budget”;
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27 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
(c) inserting the following new subclause after subclause (6)-
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27 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
“129(7) Upon approval of the budget estimates by the County Assembly, the County Executive member shall prepare and submit a County Appropriation Bill to the county assembly of the approved estimates.
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27 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Chair, Sir, I wish to draw attention that there is an error in part “b;” it should read “in subclause (2) (a)” and not (2)(b), because we are removing the Finance Bill. It should actually read:-
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27 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
(a) in subclause (2)(a), by inserting the words “except the Finance Bill” immediately after the word “budget”;
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27 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
Thank you for that, Ms. Karua. Actually, this is exactly what we are trying to do. We are saying that after the estimates have been approved by the County Assembly, then a County Appropriations Bill must then be prepared. So, basically, we are sequencing what has already been done for the National Government. It may be good to clarify; it was agreed that what is good for the goose is good for the gander; what is good for the national Government is good for the County Government.
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27 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
Yes, they are in sync.
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