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"content": "Clerk, proceed to call Order No. 10. The Chairperson, Standing Committee on Finance and Budget. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "THE COUNTY GOVERNMENTS ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.19 OF 2024)"
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to move for the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (Senate Bills No.19 of 2024). Allow me to start by thanking all the Committee Members who have been dedicated to their role and mandate as far as finance and budget is concerned. Additional allocation is critical. As per the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, all the timelines in that Act are key. That is why today, we are here for a Special Sitting. The Bill provides for transfer of both conditional and unconditional allocations from the national Government’s share of revenue and from development partners. It is good for the House to note that the total additional allocation amounts for Financial Year 2024/2025 are Kshs55.45 billion. Some of these allocations include Kshs8.2 billion from the national Government’s equitable share. We also have conditional allocations on the Road Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF), which amounts to Kshs10.5 billion. We have unconditional allocation – 20 per cent on the minerals amounting to one billion shillings. Finally, there is Kshs35.6 billion, which is grants and loans from the development partners. In the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (Senate Bills No.19 of 2024), we have four schedules. In the First Schedule, the Committee on Finance and Budget pushed for the five key headquarters to be allocated their funds, starting with Isiolo County, Tharaka-Nithi County, Nyandarua County, Lamu County and Tana River County, which totaled to Kshs445 million. We also did the allocation for the County Aggregation and Industrial Park (CAIPs) for 18 counties amounting to Kshs4.5 billion, the Community Health Promoters (CHPs) amounting to Kshs3.234 billion and transfer for the museum function, which amounted to the Kshs30 million. The Second Schedule has outlined the issue of the road maintenance fuel levy, which amounts to the Kshs10.5 billion. The Third Schedule, as I have said, is on the minerals. The Fourth Schedule is more on the grants and the loans from the different partners. Most of these partners are ranging from the Danida Grants, the Kenya Informal Settlement Improvement Project (KISIP) Emergency Lockers and the Financing Locally- Led Climate Action (FLLOCA) Monies. As far as FLLOCA is concerned, we noted during our discussions with the National Treasury that Nairobi and Mombasa counties have not submitted their conditional frameworks in order to receive these funds. However, the other counties have adhered to the frameworks as per the conditions of the development partners, and have received their funds. Mr. Speaker, Sir, apart from the Kshs400 billion that we have allocated under the County Allocation of Revenue Bill, we have the Kshs55.45 billion under County The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "Governments Additional Allocations Bill (Senate Bills No.19 of 2024). This gives us a total of Kshs455 billion to the county governments. I urge the different county governments to focus not only on development, but also on the animal of pending bills. This has been there for the longest time. Our people are suffering. We have given monies to the counties, but governors are not paying the pending bills. They are playing politics. For example, the Governor of Nairobi City County is focusing more on local and international travel as opposed to giving services and development to the people of this City. That is why we need to change the chairmanship. Some of the observations that we came across as a Committee is the issue of the proposed allocation from the World Bank, which was supposed to be Kshs10.6 billion, but was revised to Kshs10.4 billion. In addition to that, we have inclusion of the conditional grant from the Government of Sweden for the Kenya Agricultural Business Development (KABD) amounting to Kshs733 million. For this grant, county governments are meant to receive Kshs560.1 billion. We also noted the different amounts that have been allocated by the different partners and they have been stipulated in the Bill. I am sure Members have seen the different amounts. I do not need to go to the different amounts and allocations that were adjusted that we noted as a Committee. As I conclude, the Committee recommended that the Senate approves the Bill with the following amendments. I believe we will be able to get to the amendments. That is amendment to Clause 4 of the Bill to delete the phrase. We also agreed that in the First Schedule, the Kshs78.2 million for the headquarters to be issued to Nyandarua County because the other counties have exhausted their share. Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to appreciate the office of the National Treasury, the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA), the Housing Department and the different stakeholders we had for their great input. We were also able to give additional allocation to the different county assemblies. Over 15 county assemblies appeared in our Committee in the last two weeks, and we have been able to make adjustment ceilings for the different county assemblies. With those few remarks, I ask my senior, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, to second."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to second The County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (Senate Bills No.19 of 2024). Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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"content": " On a point of Order, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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"content": " What is your point of order, Senate Majority Leader?"
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"content": " Sorry, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Deputy Speaker is distracting me."
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