Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 861 to 870 of 1925.

• 18 Jul 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, this is a Procedural Motion. I am glad that today I was able to represent the sovereignty of the people of Kisii County on a matter that is very important to their hearts. I stand counted because that sovereignty is not for nothing. Why are we talking about sovereignty which is not for nothing? It is because the revenue that is collected in this nation, is collected from taxes that are paid. “Wanjiku”, that little person in the county is the one that pays these taxes. As the Constitution clearly spells out, we expect that we shall ... view
• 18 Jul 2019 in Senate: So, whatever is being done is null and void. It is illegal. Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to clearly state that when the moment for debate comes and the Procedural Motion is over, we shall put across statements to prove our case and then we shall quote the Constitution the way it stands today. As a veteran, I dare say that I am not talking in vain. Thank you. view
• 18 Jul 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to also thank Sen. (Prof.) Kamar for bringing this Statement. Year in, year out, a Kenyan small-scale or large scale farmer faithfully tills land to produce food that can be put on the table for this country. The population of this country has grown from 7 million in 1963 and we are now approaching 50 million Kenyans. The Ad Hoc Committee on Maize went about ensuring that all the issues that bedeviled the farmer were put on the table; when we went to Eldoret where we had a special ... view
• 18 Jul 2019 in Senate: Irrigation and the Strategic Grain Reserve Authority. This is so that the country is fully informed of the kind and level of the deficit they are likely to meet. If there will be an importation in order to safeguard the interest of the farmer, the channels of that importation must also be clearly spelt out. We should not have a carteblanche and open cheque for that importation. This is because that has the effect of dampening the prices, causing more pain, agony and difficulties for the farmer. One of these days, they will pull out and this country will be ... view
• 17 Jul 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I shall not attempt to go on the direction of Kiswahili language because I want to make a very important point. It is quite clear that bullying has a hostile intent in any manner and way. When children go to school, they go to learn experiences that will sustain them in their lifetime. They will be able to learn, to be able to know the normal decorum that they must follow in order to be able to sustain themselves in life. It is one way bequeathing our children boys and girls at school the ability ... view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to also congratulate Sen. (Dr.) Zani for looking forward and thinking aloud. I sit in the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) and one of the most miserable pronouncements we get from those who appear before us to answer audit queries regarding own source revenue collection is the manner and nature in which the resources are collected. Sometimes there is under-collection of revenue, but you do not get to know what happened underhand. It is opaque because you never get to know the true and real values, and ... view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: Secondly, it is occasionally used to attract the equitable share. If they hike their revenue collections and fall short of them, there is one thing they use to attract reward from the National Treasury. Unfortunately, this has to be amended. We noticed that, that has been one of the constant sources of pending bills. They inflate their revenue collection, but do not meet their targets. Therefore, projects cannot be fulfilled under their Annual Development Plans (ADPs) and County Integrated Development Plans (CIDPs) that last for five years. view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: This Bill is a simple amendment that seeks to insert new Section 160A, which is about county government revenue collection system. Section 160B sets out the reporting mechanism and Section 160C is the compliance section. What are the penalties if one is non-compliant? Section 160A clearly stipulates that we should have a mechanism of collecting own source revenue. view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: Sen. M. Kajwang' referred to the Local Authority Integrated Financial Operations Management System (LAIFORMS). Some of the current systems are extremely opaque. They are not transparent because we never get to know how much money is collected by those who operate the systems. Therefore, it is easy to conclude that money has been stolen. That is the mischief that this amendment Bill seeks to cure; to ensure that we have a transparent, efficient, effective, verifiable, secure and accountable system. view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: I thank Sen. (Dr.) Zani for thinking about that because the system will incorporate transparency, efficiency, effectiveness, verifiability, security and accountability. Therefore, one will have to account for the resources of a particular county in the County Revenue Account, because we noticed that some county governments operate multiple accounts. view