County Assembly of Kisumu goes on recess as it boasts of passing budget on time
By Dickson Odhiambo
July 8, 2020
County Assembly of
Kisumu goes on recess as it boasts of passing budget on time
THE County Assembly of Kisumu has gone on a one month recess
barely a few days after passing the Appropriation Bill which will allow the
County Government of Kisumu to spend public funds in this financial year
2020/21 budget.
The one month recess begun yesterday July 7, 2020 and will
end on August 10 this year when the County Assembly will resume its sittings.
Moving the motion of adjournment to allow the County
Assembly to go on recess, the Majority Leader Kenneth Onyango said it is now
time for the Members of the County Assembly of Kisumu to go back to their
respective wards and connect with the people they represent.
Onyango says at least this year’s Appropriation Bill has
been passed on time as it was debated and passed on June 30 this year as
required by the law governing the Budget making process, adding that unlike
last year such was passed nearly three months later after the deadline of June
30 which is stipulated by the law.
The Majority leader has hailed the leadership of the County
Assembly of Kisumu under the current Speaker Elisha Jack Oraro who took the
mantle after the successful impeachment of the former Speaker George Onyango
Oloo in September last year whose impeachment was later upheld by the court.
Onyango says during this time a number of Bills have been
passed at the County Assembly of Kisumu and this is one of the greatest
achievements.
“We have made tremendous progress in terms of legislation as
a number of Bills have been passed at the County Assembly of Kisumu and we are
very great full for this,” Onyango says.
Speaker of the County Assembly of Kisumu Elisha Jack Oraro
has urged the Members of the County Assembly to use the time during recess to
fully connect with their electorates and sensitize them on the Covid-19
pandemic.
Oraro says the public needs to be properly sensitized about
the pandemic hence MCAs are in a better position to do so while on this one
month recess.
The Speaker says he is very happy with the strides the
County Assembly has made in terms of legislation and development wise.
“Currently we are doing renovations at the Assembly and this
is giving it a new face which we never had before and this is a good gesture,”
Oraro says.
He says when the Assembly resumes after the recess, its tray
will be full as it has a beehive of activities to transact within the House.
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