Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 381 to 390 of 1925.

• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: There is also non-compliance with the laws and procedures and failure to recruit qualified personnel to run some of the elements that we have written here. view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: Incomplete and non-utilized projects also came up. These are projects that are started and not completed on time or not realised on time. Therefore, value for money is not realised. This is a major element that they have been budgeted for or some of them have been short-circuited to come into the budget without having a proper supplementary budget. Therefore, money is lost. That is why we found heavy leakage of resources through this level. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I also need to talk about the weak internal controls, particularly policies to guide the operations of county activities. We have made a very stringent recommendation that the Government should develop establishment policies, which is lacking in some of these areas. view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: For those who may not have read this report, we have done an executive summary. It has 25 cogent points that you can look at and be able to make cross- referencing with your county. In passing, reference has been made to some of them. One of them is lack of remittance of statutory deductions which distorts their accounting procedures. The penalties that are extra expenses to the county governments which need not be. There are penalties applied which cannot be lifted. County governments must pay due diligence to these statutory deductions so that they are remitted in time without ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: There is, of course, irregular public participation on payments when they have monotype of public participation. You will see the same people moving from point A, B, C up to Z. The reason for moving so is because they want to get money. It is one way of not incorporating the actual people who need to give an opinion, particularly on a service that is being offered to them. I think we need to tighten up that one. view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: We have and continue saying in this report that the first charge on any releases from the Exchequer must be on the pending bills. We are asking the National Treasury and the Controller of Budget (CoB) to apply those sanctions that whatever money is The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: released from the Exchequer in the way of sharable revenue, the first charge must be on pending bills, so that we clear that monster. view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: I have already mentioned about failure to submit documents for audit to the Auditor-General and irregular funding of national Government functions by county governments. Some particularly in arid and semi-arid areas have said they are forced to spend money on national Government projects because that is the only way they can bring their populations into focus. However, if the money has been budgeted for at the national level, I think they should chase that envelope from the national level to accomplish whatever task was supposed to be accomplished thorough that budgetary provision. view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: We have had audits and special audits on pending bills that have been very difficult exercises. The only way to get rid of it is now to apply the final sanction that no county should be allowed to spend without clearing the pending bills. view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: If they have to budget any additional resources, they should do so in accordance with Schedule Four of the Constitution, which has already allocated the type of functions that the county government must perform. view