Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 271 to 280 of 1925.

• 4 May 2021 in Senate: One of the elements that I have seen in this proposal is that hitherto this sharable revenue that goes to the county governments, the county governments were unable to access the resources that have been allocated from the national Government to them simply because we have either not agreed on the Division of Revenue Bill or the CARA. This has caused immense delay and difficulties for county governments to operationalize their activities. In this BBI Report there is a proposal that the Controller of Budget (CoB) can approve up to 50 percent of the shareable revenue so that the county ... view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: come to a standstill and start borrowing money from banks to support their activities. This will make them functional and not dormant. This is a good arrangement in the BBI Report. I think it is the report we should take on board and agree that it is correct. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: There are many other proposals that have also been put in this BBI Report. For instance, the appointment of Ministers, Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister from the National Assembly. We have been having problems of accountability and oversight in this place. When we want to oversight a Ministry we have to write a letter through the chairperson of the relevant Committee to be able to get to information. The chairpersons of committees have been very frustrated because sometimes the Cabinet Secretaries have been unable to respond and give the answers that are needed in this House for debate and ... view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: I know at my time when we were Ministers, not only were we answerable to Parliament as we are answerable to the constituencies, we were also answerable to the Cabinet for any matter we brought to the House for debate and deliberations. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: There would have been no excuse for the Government to say that we were not represented in the House of Parliament and therefore that it cannot provide certain information. They could not also say they were not allowed to step in the precincts of Parliament unless by invitation. This element has been cleared. We are happy with that arrangement because it helps to do well. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: In as far as that arrangement is concerned; one of the contentious issues is that there has been contestation in every election, disputes, problems, fights, loss of lives and opportunities for Kenyans to do business. This BBI has brought in a structure that will help us to address those issues that are very important and critical. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: The only thing is that I am uncomfortable with is the 70 constituencies that have been delineated by BBI to go to specific counties. Take Kisii County, for instance, we have a very large population in Bobasi Constituency. In the last constitutional review they were promised that they would be the next in line to be given an additional constituency. Come this time, Bobasi Constituency was on the list of the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) as one of the constituencies to be split into two, but when it came to the final report of BBI, that constituency is ... view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: Kisii Town is growing. It has a very high population. South Mugirango Constiuency is also growing and has a very high population. In fact, in order of priority, it would be Bobasi first, second South Mugirango and then Kisii Township as number three. We contribute to the economic prosperity of this nation because we have more than 28 banks operating in Kisii Town and more than 60 percent of the money in circulation originating from Kisii County. It is very important that if that alone can be a factor, then The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for ... view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: we should be given an opportunity to move on and get Bobasi Constituency split into two at the minimum. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: All those other areas such as Homa Bay and Kitui counties got nothing yet they are entitled. This is an area where I will invite the proponents of the BBI and the IEBC to look at and agree on how they can treat this matter because it is important and needs to be treated well. view