19 Oct 2022 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Motion on the three Committees as stipulated by law. I want to take this opportunity to thank this Senate, the leadership of Kenya Kwanza and the rest of the leadership of the other side, for nominating these Senators to these committees. We believe and trust them. We know that they will make a difference to devolution. I know very well that we are here to provide oversight to our counites, even to the national Government and such committees are required to take up this responsibility and role to make sure ...
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19 Oct 2022 in Senate:
I believe that there are many things that need to be discussed and brought on board by this committee, particularly the issues that are affecting counties, for example, budget planning. I know that is where the problems come in. Madam Temporary Speaker, I have a lot of experience in issues of devolution. Over the last 10 years, I worked as county secretary in several counties. I was the county
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19 Oct 2022 in Senate:
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19 Oct 2022 in Senate:
secretary during the Transition Authority (TA) and later in the County Government of Narok and County Government of Kajiado. Sometimes failure comes in when counties are planning their budget. They mess a lot by exaggerating their Own Source Revenue (OSR) figures. However, towards the end, they end up having shortcomings in their collections and much more on areas of the allocation of funds provided by this Senate. I know very well that we have a lot of issues in implementation of projects and change of priorities. When counties do their work plans to the Controller of Budgets (CoB), they have ...
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