Hon. William Kipkemoi Kisang

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am a Member of the Committee on Information, Technology and Communication. I challenge, the Executive because there are some entities that are running on expired legal notice, including Konza. The Konza Bill was brought because Sen. Orwoba noticed that the Legal Notice was going to expire and therefore, it was going to operate without any legal background. I therefore challenge the Executive to move with speed and for Members to pick up Bills of entities that are running without any legal basis. I wish to also comment on the Statement by the Committee on Energy. We ... view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: months, yet we expect the counties to run and people to go to work daily. I do not know what will happen. The Cabinet Secretary (CS) National Treasury needs to move with speed. They committed to both the County Public Investment Committee (CPIC) and Committee on Finance and Budget that by the 15th April, 2023, they were going to disburse money for January. Today is 18th April, 2023 and from the reports we are receiving, nothing has been disbursed. How do they expect the people in the counties to serve our people, yet the Senate is the protector of devolution? ... view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. As the Senator of Elgeyo- Marakwet County, I would have wished that we allocate Kshs425 billion or Kshs407 billion to the counties because it was scientifically done. However, as a Kenyan and leader, all of us who are here and also those not present in the House, know very well that our economy is not doing very well. Therefore, you cannot allocate resources that you are not able to meet. In the current Financial Year 2022/2023, we allocated Kshs370 billion to the counties. Out of the Kshs370 billion, up to now, since the last four ... view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I do not want to substantiate or speak more. What I was talking about is based on statistics that we are given regularly by the KRA, the National Treasury and the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS). We are remaining with only 36 minutes and most of the Members want to also contribute. Therefore, I do not want to belabour and say much. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is well known that last year, they were allocated Kshs370 billion. We are, therefore, saying, an increase of Kshs15 billion from Kshs370 billion to Kshs385 billion is an increase of ... view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: CRA. The CRA needs to come up with incentives so that those who meet the target of their Own Source Revenue (OSR) are given incentives, for example, additional resources. Otherwise, most of the counties will not collect yet they are supposed to collect. I know the Senator of Nairobi City County is here. Nairobi City County is able to collect about Kshs60 or Kshs70 billion, but they are not collecting it. Elgeyo-Marakwet County should be collecting over Kshs200 million. However, they are collecting less than Kshs100 million, or about Kshs130 million. Therefore, we need to tighten the rope, so that ... view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, finally, we should ensure devolved functions are devolved and resources follow. I am happy to report and everybody knows that His Excellency the President has already reported that within six months, all the devolved functions will be released and resources will follow. view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Do you want to dispose of that one? view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. As I was saying before I got distracted, the two issues that we need to work on to ensure that more resources go to the county is to first ensure that the audited accounts are up to date so that even if counties get a minimum of 15 per cent, it should be a year behind. The second issue is on the other functions that have not been fully devolved. We need to have these functions are fully devolved and resources follow because His Excellency the President said it will be within six months. If ... view