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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am a proud Senator today because the Senate is going to allocate Kshs10 billion to Homa Bay County. This amount is made up of an equitable share of Kshs8.4 billion, an allocation to Community Health Promoters of Kshs88 million, an allocation to the Road Maintenance Levy Fund of Kshs177 million and loans and grants of Kshs1.29 billion. If we add the expected own-source revenue collection, Homa Bay County will have Kshs11 billion available for development. I am very proud that Homa Bay County has also reached the Kshs1 billion mark when it comes to own-source revenue. Out of that, the Assembly will be allocated Kshs967 million because the ceilings have been captured in the legal instruments that we have been considering. That is approximately Kshs24 million per ward. There is no reason development or oversight at the primary level, with Kshs24 million per ward, should not happen in Homa Bay County. As a Senate, we will live up to our role of ensuring that secondary oversight happens in the event that the people on the ground are unable to do what they are supposed to. I have not seen the allocations for the Financing Locally-Led Climate Action (FLLOCA) in this particular Bill. It has been referred to, but we are not getting visibility on it. If we added FLLOCA allocations, then perhaps Homa Bay County would be getting something close to Kshs10.3 billion. We will support the governors to put in place the right policies. However, ultimately, they are the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) who must take responsibility for the development initiatives and the outcomes in their various areas. Finally, we must move from this post-mortem approach to a proactive analysis of performance of looking at value for money in our county governments. For 10 years, we have been doing postmortem. When we retreat later on this week in Mombasa County, I will be sharing with Senators the plans we have to ensure that we start looking at the most current financial statements. It is not just the financial statements that we must look at, but also the outcomes on health, roads and urbanization. We must insist that county governments must align their budgets to the criteria---"
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"content": "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": " Order, hon. Senators. May the Senator for Homa Bay County be heard in silence?"
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, we must insist that each county government must do an allocation in their budget that is aligned to the formula of revenue allocation that this House passed. People are talking of one-man-one-shilling, one-man- one-kilometre, or one-man-one-vote. This is already there in the formula that this House passed. What we need to see is greater alignment to that formula. We say that a certain percentage must go to help---"
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"content": " Sen. Thang’wa proceed."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to support this Bill. Today, I am a proud Senator for Kiambu County because we are passing two laws that are giving more money to Kiambu County. The County Allocation of Revenue Bill, has added over Kshs480 million to the county. The County Governments Additional Allocations Bill has also added Kshs2.5 billion to the county. Today, Kiambu will be getting Kshs15.2 billion. I am happy that we have been able to discuss this and agreed with other Senators that these monies need to be taken to counties. I now urge the County Government of Kiambu, together with other counties, to utilize this money with diligence. Even if we say that this money comes from the national Government, it actually comes from the pockets of the citizens of this great Republic. They must use this money knowing that it is the Wanjikus and everyone else who has been deducted, so that it can develop the counties. I have noted that we have an additional allocation of about Kshs335 million for Kiambu County as road maintenance fuel levy. I caution this House, and bring it to its attention that the Ministry of Roads and Transport, led by the former Senator, Hon. Murkomen, is hiding behind the National Assembly, by saying that this amount should never be taken to counties. They have come up with a formula, say, 22 plus 10 per cent will be going to Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA). I urge this House, that if we pass the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill today, it is going to undo what that department is trying to do. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is good to note that, as the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Roads and Transportation, I shall bring the Roads Bill that is going to disband KeRRA, so that all this money goes to counties. The Members of Parliament (MPs) have no business constructing roads that are meant for a county government. We need this money to go to the county governments. That is the 22 per cent plus ---"
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"content": "(Sen. Thang’was’ microphone went off)"
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"content": " Sen. Boy proceed. 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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