19 Aug 2010 in National Assembly:
The mandate of the Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030 is to facilitate and co-ordinate the national development planning process and to provide leadership in national economic policy management. The core functions of the Ministry are as outlined in the Presidential Circular No.1 of 2008 of May, 2008. These include the following:- Co-ordination of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), monitoring and evaluation of economic trends and policies, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, the National Census and Housing Surveys, the National Co-ordinating Agency for Population and Development, the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, ...
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19 Aug 2010 in National Assembly:
In line with the above core functions, the Ministry’s mission statement is to provide effective leadership and co-ordination in planning, policy formulation and tracking of results for a globally competitive and prosperous nation in line with the
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19 Aug 2010 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, he has insisted; so, I will donate two minutes to him.
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19 Aug 2010 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to sincerely thank all hon. Members who have contributed to this Motion. Because of time, I will not be able to respond to most of the issues, but I hope to meet hon. Members personally to answer some of the concerns that they have raised. The first issue that I need to stress is on the population census. The census last year was done very professionally. Those who participated in the 1999 Census actually appreciated that this last census was done very professionally. I did promise that the interim results would be released last ...
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19 Aug 2010 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Chairperson, I beg to move:- THAT a sum not exceeding Kshs9,319,937,660 be issued from the Consolidated Fund to complete the sum necessary to meet the expenditure during the year ending 30th June, 2011 in respect of:-
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19 Aug 2010 in National Assembly:
Vote 06 – Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030
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19 Aug 2010 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Chairperson, this issue has been raised by the Chairman of the CDF Committee and it is under consideration by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance.
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19 Aug 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution.
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1 Jul 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as you are aware, the audit of Government funds is carried out by the Controller and Auditor-General (C&A-G). Unfortunately, the C&A-G has not been able to audit funds at the constituency-level. However, the C&A-G has been able to audit funds at the national-level. In fact, I appointed a task force, in June, 2009, to look into some of the structural problems that we are encountering in CDF. I am told that the report is now ready. It will be tabled in this House so that hon. Members can look at it.
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1 Jul 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have suggested that the Board should liaise with the C&A-G, so that, at least, all the constituencies can be audited from 2004 to the current financial year, and that every constituency shows that every programme that was to be undertaken has been undertaken in accordance with the law. When such issues arise, one
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