Sifuna Edwin Watenya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1291 to 1300 of 1831.

• 8 Jun 2023 in Senate: By the time I arrived there, the residents had already kicked out the people from the county who were conducting public participation. Therefore, I believe the county assembly that the cost of public participation, the nature and need for engagement of citizens on every single thing that happens in the assembly has gone up. The assembly also cited an increase in the cost of insurance driven mainly by factors within the insurance industry. I am happy that the Committee captured this particular need of an additional allocation of about Kshs30 million on insurance costs in Nairobi. view
• 8 Jun 2023 in Senate: Therefore, whereas we support the ceilings, we wish that we had done better as a Senate on the division of revenue. Let me conclude by speaking to something that the Senator for Kitui also alluded to, on the question of late disbursements. It has become the song in every meeting we have at the County Public Accounts Committee with county assemblies and the county governments. It looks like it is a pointless exercise for us to allocate these resources to counties. This is because they never receive the resources and when they do, it is late. When the money comes, ... view
• 8 Jun 2023 in Senate: We have had a conversation with people from National Treasury. We asked the question, does the current National Treasury understand that it is not a national Government Treasury but a national Treasury? You can see open bias in the manner in which these two levels of Governments are financed. When we had a meeting with the Cabinet Secretary (CS) and his Permanent Secretary (PS) for National Treasury and Economic Planning, the beginning of May, two months to the close of the financial year, about Kshs90 billion out of the Kshs370 billion that we had allocated to the counties in the ... view
• 8 Jun 2023 in Senate: Such a huge percentage of the total allocation is still pending. When you compare that to the Kshs2 trillion that had been allocated to the national Government, only about Kshs2 billion was remaining. Which tells you that when money hits our National Treasury and somebody is sitting there asking what are the priorities of the National Treasury, they never consider counties as a priority. view
• 8 Jun 2023 in Senate: That is the reason we are saying we need a review. We may even need to change the name. Instead of National Treasury let us call it Kenyans Treasury so that these people get it that they do not exist to serve the whims of the national Government but these two levels of Government. After we have determined the equitable share, then when money comes in, no one arm of Government should have priority of the other in terms of disbursement of those resources. view
• 8 Jun 2023 in Senate: I rise to support. I hope that we can do better next year. I have seen the Council of Governors (COGs) complain that their recurrent ceilings have been lowered in this financial year. I am sure the Chairman of the Committee on Finance and Budget has explained to them. Great explanations are going to come from them. However, for me, I wish that we do more in terms of growing the basket of devolution so that we do not have these conversations every time that there are constrictions of resources for the devolution functions. view
• 8 Jun 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 8 Jun 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. view
• 7 Jun 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Let me join the rest of my colleagues in passing my condolences to the family of the late Marya. Mr. Speaker, Sir, every now and then, life will serve us these little reminders that, in fact, life itself is very fickle. The Office of the Clerk and our colleagues here will remember that, earlier this year, we lost another colleague in similar circumstances. That, we could be here today with you and the very next day, it is a Speaker making that Communication about me. That really raises difficult questions in our minds on the ... view
• 7 Jun 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view