Udhibiti wa fedha

Kiswahili

(1)Sheria ya Bunge itatoa mwongozo kuhusu kubuniwa kwa Hazina ya kitaifa, majukumu na uwajibikaji wa Hazina hiyo.

(2)Bunge litatunga sheria ili kuhakikisha kuwa kunausimamizi wa matumizi na uwajibikaji katika serikali zote na litaweka mikakati ili kuhakikisha kwamba usimamizi huo na uwajibikaji umetekelezwa.

(3)Sheria chini ya ibara ya (2) inaweza kumwidhinisha Waziri anayehusika na fedha kusitisha uhamishaji wa fedha kwa kitengo fulani cha Serikali au shirika lolote la umma—

(a)iwapo tu kuna ukiukaji mkubwa au ukiukaji wa mara kwa mara wa hatua zilizowekwa chini ya sheria hiyo; na

(b)kwa kuzingatia mahitaji ya ibara ya (4) hadi ya (7).

(4)Uamuzi wa kusitisha uhamishaji wa fedha chini ya ibara ya (3) hauwezi kusitisha uhamishaji wa zaidi ya asilimia hamsini ya fedha zinazopaswa kuhamishwa kwa serikali ya kaunti.

(5)Uamuzi wa kusitisha uhamishaji wa fedha, unavyobainishwa chini ya ibara ya (3)—

(a)hautasitisha kuhamishwa kwa fedha kwa zaidi ya siku sitini; na

(b)unaweza kutekelezwa mara moja, lakini unaweza kuwacha kutekelezwa kwa mtazamo wa muda uliopita isipokuwa katika muda wa siku thelathini baada ya tarehe ya uamuzi huo, Bunge liidhinishe kwa uamuzi utakaopitishwa katika ngazi zote mbili za Bunge.

(6)Bunge linaweza kuweka upya uamuzi wa kusitisha uhamishaji wa fedha, lakini kwa siku zisizozidi sitini kwa wakati mmoja.

(7)Bunge haliwezi kuidhinisha au kuweka upya uamuzi wa kusitisha uhamishaji wa fedha isipokuwa—

(a)Msimamizi wa Bajeti amewasilisha ripoti kuhusu suala hilo Bungeni; na

(b)shirika hilo la umma limepewa nafasi ya kujibu madai dhidi yake, na kujitetea mbele ya kamati husika ya bunge.

English

Financial control

(1)An Act of Parliament shall provide for the establishment, functions and responsibilities of the national Treasury.

(2)Parliament shall enact legislation to ensure both expenditure control and transparency in all governments and establish mechanisms to ensure their implementation.

(3)Legislation under clause (2) may authorise the Cabinet Secretary responsible for finance to stop the transfer of funds to a State organ or any other public entity—

(a)only for a serious material breach or persistent material breaches of the measures established under that legislation; and

(b)subject to the requirements of clauses (4) to (7).

(4)A decision to stop the transfer of funds under clause (3) may not stop the transfer of more than fifty per cent of funds due to a county government.

(5)A decision to stop the transfer of funds as contemplated in clause (3)—

(a)shall not stop the transfer of funds for more than sixty days; and

(b)may be enforced immediately, but will lapse retrospectively unless, within thirty days after the date of the decision, Parliament approves it by resolution passed by both Houses.

(6)Parliament may renew a decision to stop the transfer of funds but for no more than sixty days at a time.

(7)Parliament may not approve or renew a decision to stop the transfer of funds unless—

(a)the Controller of Budget has presented a report on the matter to Parliament; and

(b)the public entity has been given an opportunity to answer the allegations against it, and to state its case, before the relevant parliamentary committee.