Uhuru Kenyatta

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1261 to 1270 of 1516.

• 18 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issue of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), I need to give them more support We are also convinced that KRA needs more support and we will continue to do whatever it is that we can to ensure that they are given the necessary financial support to continue doing the good job that they are doing. He mentioned about the problem with the Pensions Department. We had discussed that issue with his Committee and we agreed that there is work that is currently being done that should improve drastically and dramatically the period of time ... view
• 18 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Bahari talked about procurement. As you will recall in my Budget Statement, we indicated that this is, indeed, a problem; the issue of last minute rush to procure at the end of the financial year. We are trying to bring this issue to an end because it leaves room for rent seeking as he says. We are trying to strengthen our Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) to ensure that as we move on, this situation is corrected. On the issue of the need to bring a more detailed Treasury report based on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and ... view
• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Details regarding unspent balances against each vote are contained in the Appropriation Account which is normally tabled before this House together with the Controller and Auditor General’s Report. The Appropriation Account and the Controller and Auditor-General’s Report for the Financial Year 2006/2007 has already been tabled, whereas the one for 2007-2009 Financial Year has been delivered to the Clerk of the National Assembly and will be laid before the House in due course. The hon. Member is encouraged to go through these reports once they are tabled before the House ... view
• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, monies are disbursed to Ministries in accordance with the Budget approved by this House. Therefore, if there are monies that were not received, that Question would be more appropriately addressed by the relevant line Ministry. view
• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I have said, we have issued a Treasury Circular to all Accounting Officers providing the guidelines on Budget implementation. It is in the interest of the Treasury and Kenyans as a whole if funds allocated are utilized for the intended purpose and within the financial year. To enhance our capacity to monitor the utilization of funds disbursed to Ministries, I have stated that we have the Budget Implementation and Disbursement Committees which are being reconstituted across the country to help us at the Treasury to also not just be disbursers of funds but also ... view
• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for three years prior, I can promise to extract the information from the Report of the Controller and Auditor- General. view
• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you very much for that support because, already, those documents are before the House and that is why I answered the Question in the manner that I answered it. view
• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: All that information is contained in those reports. The only one that is still pending is for the year 2008/2009 which is the financial year that has just been concluded and will be contained in the reports that will be done by the Controller and Auditor-General. view
• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, that is a pertinent question. The reason sometimes for late disbursements is because disbursements are also based on the receipts that we receive at the Exchequer. Sometimes due to constraints, there may be delays. However, one of the reforms that we are currently undertaking at the Treasury is to try to endeavour to front load disbursements at the beginning of each quarter in order to overcome the challenges of late disbursement. But like I said, it is not intentional and it is not a question of withholding release of monies but release of monies ... view
• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not think I mentioned anywhere the fact that the Government has refused to spend any money. I just stated a position of fact! However, that said and done, despite the challenges and constraints that the economy is currently facing, the Government is endeavouring to do everything that it can to ensure that funds will be available to implement the various programmes contained in the Budget. Towards that end, it is incumbent upon all of us to ensure that we work together as a House and as a nation so that the revenue targets ... view