Capt. William Kamuren Chirchir Chepkut

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it happened that you were on the Chair. Having said that, I congratulate Hon. Maoke Maore for the good job. The Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury has done a very good job and so I approve the list in totality. Thank you. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This is a very important Bill. Firstly, allow me to give my heartfelt message of sorrow to families of all Kenyans who lost their lives in the Dusit terror attack. At the same time, I wish to thank His Excellency the President for taking charge in the entire operation of the Government. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: The Public Finance Management (PFM) Act is very important as well as Chapter 12, Articles 6, 8, 32 and 201 of the Constitution. The Executive, Judiciary and Legislature are the three arms of Government. Members of Parliament are neither subordinates to Judiciary nor the Executive. We are all serving this Government. So, we are dealing with very key amendments to the PFM Act. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: We want proper utilization and management of our resources. Members should play the oversight role in all counties. In fact, misuse of public funds in Kenya should stop. In normal circumstances the end of accounting is the beginning of auditing. Auditing is to ascertain the overview of the financial statements, whether they are making losses or profits. We should empower the Cabinet Secretary, National Treasury, to be in charge of all accounting officers. If we pass this amendment Bill, we shall attain one, prudent utilisation of our resources and two, value for our money, which is very important. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: We, therefore, want an open a platform of sharing since Kenya is digital now. We want professionalism and dedication in performing our duties. I support Article 35 of the Constitution. As a House, when we pass this Bill we should conduct financial monitoring of resources allocated to counties. Counties should deposit all their revenues directly to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). Last year we passed the Value Added Tax (VAT) of eight per cent on petroleum. Therefore, the CS, National Treasury, and his Principal Secretary (PS) should urge all petrol stations in the Republic to deposit the eight per cent ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: We want accountability because it is the basis of any meaningful achievement. We shall, therefore, give the CS all the powers to manage our resources to ensure their proper utilisation. The Auditor-General when dealing with adverse, qualified or unqualified issues, should be very keen when auditing books of accounts. This should be done using digital infrastructure, not manually so that the issue of misappropriation ends. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Three months before elections, payment of procurement services should be stopped. On pending Bills, I humbly plead with His Excellency the President to take charge, because people are suffering and yet they delivered services and have not received payment. Legislatures are the operational arms of Government. Therefore, I support the PFM Act to oversee both the national Government and county governments. In the budget-making process, we play a very key role. I want budgets to be submitted to the National Treasury according to our discussion today. County Assemblies must submit their budgets before the end of April. We should also ... view
• 18 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I support in totality the ratification of the bilateral air services agreements between Kenya and Jordan, Jamaica and Bahamas. They will benefit Kenya. It is just the other day that Kenya Airways flew directly to the United States of America. These bilateral air services agreements will support business people. This protocol will mutually benefit our country. I encourage business people, especially those who grow cash crops such as flowers, to engage in these businesses so that they can transport their cash crops to Bahamas, Jordan and Jamaica. I have travelled all over the world and I do ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you very much. This is indeed a great Bill. This Bill will protect the Government and at the same time contractors. It will again protect the spending of public funds. Clause 11 ensures compliance with the Public Finance Management Act and the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act 2015. Having said that, I want youth, women and people with disabilities to be given 30 per cent of any contracts that are advertised. The Attorney General is being given the powers to harmonise and regulate both the national Government and counties governments. At the end of ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: His Excellency the President gave a decree that the youth, women and people with disabilities be given 30 per cent of the contracts. That has not been followed. I want us to establish an oversight role in seeing that all contractors comply and complete the work that has been awarded to them. These international contractors can sue Kenya Government. So, being the legal advisor of this Republic of Kenya, I want the Attorney General to engage arbitration in the International Criminal Court (ICC) so that Kenyans’ money is indeed protected. view