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"speaker_name": "Saku, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Raso",
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"content": "the standing down of the Finance Bill 2024 have led to a significant budget deficit, causing the county allocation to decrease from Ksh61.9 billion to Ksh46.6 billion. This is a big hole. The additional allocations to our counties come from development partners in areas such as water, health, urban development and sanitation, and all the different facets addressing basic human necessities. Subsequently, the Government also provides matching funds. Although these funds are allocated to the counties, the National Assembly or the Senate does not have a clear purview on how they are utilised and overseen. Is it directly from the ministry or from the department or institution that gives the money? Who oversees these funds because they are not part of the mainstream allocations to the counties? Going forward, as the National Assembly, we must protect the national coffers and ensure that funding to the counties is timely and efficient. However, these funds must be efficiently utilised. Although the Senate oversees the counties, the people who live in those counties live in constituencies. Those are our people and this must be of concern to us. Article 95(1) talks of matters of concern to the people. One of the recommendations by the Committee is to decline the transfer of museum functions from the national Government to the counties. One of the difficulties we are facing is the shortage of skilled personnel in our counties. Many technical tasks remain undone despite the allocation of funds. For instance, museums require curators, researchers and scientists with various levels of expertise. If we transfer this function to the counties solely due to funding issues, we may end up harming an important resource. Museums are major tourist attractions worldwide. I fully support the Committee’s recommendations on this matter. Additionally, we have the issue of county aggregation and industrial parks. Vision 2030 aims for Kenya to become a middle-income country. While we may not be able to establish all of them at once, having industrial parks in the counties is crucial. However, the allocation of Ksh105 million to different counties suggests that we are gradually providing those counties with an advantage. If we establish an industrial park this financial year, we can move on to the next county in the following financial year. Without sufficient funding for those industrial parks, they may become incomplete and non-functional. The counties may not have adequate funds for those projects. Finally, there is the matter of community health promoters. Those individuals represent the first line of community health workers, focusing on preventive rather than curative care. These are some of the initiatives that we have adopted from other jurisdictions or countries. A good example is Cuba, where the community health promoters have a clear view of the common ailments in the communities. It is then dealt with at the first line through improving water and health checks. If an individual ends up going for curative care, then the first line will have failed. It has been seen that Cuba's health system is very well organised. It is among the best in the world. So, for that reason, we must look at the financial allocation to the community health promoters. Most probably, with the chipping of the allocation to this particular area, we may have to downsize many youngsters who are working in this area. It is something that we must remain seized of so that communities are not disadvantaged to a great extent. With those many remarks, Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to support."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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"content": " Thank you. Hon. (Dr) Pukose."
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"speaker_name": "Endebess, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose",
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"content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to move that the Mover be now called upon to reply. I can see we have a Committee of the whole House on the same. I will make my contributions during that time."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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"content": " Hon. Members, I think it is reasonable for the House to consider the request. I will, therefore, put the Question. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "(Question, that the Mover be now called upon to reply, put and agreed to)"
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"speaker_name": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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"content": "Mover, this is your chance to reply."
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"speaker_name": "Teso South, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Mary Emaase",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to reply to the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill, (Senate Bill, No.19 of 2024). At the outset, I want to thank all the Members who have contributed to this Bill. It is a very important Bill that seeks to give additional conditional allocations to our counties to enhance the provision of very basic and important services to our people. This Bill originated in the Senate. We know that the Senate prosecuted it based on the approved estimates at that time. As a result of several variations that have happened and that gave birth to the Supplementary Budget Estimates I, it is, therefore, important that this House aligns the County Additional Allocations Bill to the Supplementary Estimates I. As a result of that, therefore, we know that some changes have been occasioned. The case in point is the allocation to county aggregation and industrial parks, where there is a reduction of Ksh1.6 billion. We had to drop a number of counties that were on-boarded so that we can complete the ongoing 18 counties. I know Members have spoken to the community health promoters. When we come to that allocation, we also note that there is a slight reduction from the Ksh3.2 billion that had been approved to Ksh2.5 billion in the supplementary estimates, registering a decrease of Ksh651 million. That is also a very important allocation. I want to believe that county governments will have to be innovative and find a way to fill the gaps so that none of the community promoters are dropped from the payroll. Having said this, I just want to mention that some of the funds that are being allocated to counties as additional conditional grants are from the development partners as loans and grants. Some of that money is from the national Government's share of revenue. Therefore, I want to call upon our county governments. I know that some of the money that we have received from the development partners in the form of loans and grants will be going as grants for healthcare services. We know the challenges in our hospitals. Some hospitals still lack very basic equipment. Therefore, I want to plead with the county governments to ensure that there is efficiency and accountability in the utilisation of the money from DANIDA so that Kenyans can feel and see value for the money. There will be allocations towards agricultural value chains, devolution support and money towards urban support for informal settlements, among others. County governments and all the oversight institutions need to make sure there is proper monitoring and evaluation to ensure that there is success in the implementation of that money. There is even money that is supposed to go towards urban support in terms of even tarmacking our roads and our towns within the counties. Let that money be put into proper use by providing basic services and helping Kenyans. Hon. Temporary Speaker, with those few remarks, I beg to reply."
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"content": "(Question put and agreed to)"
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"content": "(The Bill was read a Second Time and committed to Committee of the whole House)"
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"speaker_name": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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"content": " Thank you. Next Order. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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