6 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker, for allowing me to add my voice on this Bill. From the outset, I urge my colleagues that we move with speed to finalise debate on this Bill, so that it can be assented to for the counties to get money. I want to confine myself to the issue of conditional grants to county governments. It is high time we came up with a very clear follow-up mechanism for the conditional grants that go to the counties. If you look at the entire Bill, the conditional grants are about monies going to the Level ...
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6 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
hospitals. I doubt whether this House has been given a clear report of how the money has helped those counties. There are conditional grants for construction of county headquarters. We need to make sure that the conditional grants are not grants being given to the county governments because...
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6 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The conditional grants which are going to the counties must be audited to ensure that we get value for money. We have been giving so much conditional grants to the counties, but I am not very sure that the money has been used for the intended purpose. The second thing is the conditional grants which go to the counties to maintain roads in the rural areas. I believe the money is supposed to maintain feeder roads within the counties. But the end of the day, you will find that very little is being done on the ...
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6 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
We know that several counties collect revenue within their counties. Surely, I cannot understand how county governments cannot tell Kenyans how they spend the money they collect as revenue at the local level. Where does that money go? Which vote do they allocate that money to? That is revenue. I think in future, as a House, we definitely need to make a recommendation that the Kenya Revenue Authority opens offices in the 47 counties to make sure that revenue collection is enhanced,
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6 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
I want to urge my colleagues that counties are suffering. They are our brothers and sisters in this country. Let us move with speed to approve the County Allocation of Revenue Bill for the counties to get money. However, we will put a caution that governors must be accountable and responsible for the money, so that it can help Kenyans.
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6 Oct 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support.
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5 Mar 2020 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to thank Hon. Gladys Shollei for that Petition. I belong to the Departmental Committee on Health. We handled the last Petition by Hon. Shollei and I wish to request your indulgence, Hon. Speaker, on this kind of Petition. It is a serious Petition and the Committee needs to deal with several agencies and the international community which deals with these products for guidance. Some products have been banned in Europe, but they are approved by our authorities. This is a Petition that, I believe, should not take the same course as other petitions. We ...
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5 Mar 2020 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, if you look at how these products are registered…
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5 Mar 2020 in National Assembly:
We stand guided, Hon. Speaker, and I want to assure you that we will do our best to get to the bottom of the issue.
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