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"content": "REQUESTS FOR STATEMENTS"
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"content": "FUNDS SPENT BY COUNTY GOVERNORS ON EDUCATION BURSARIES"
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"speaker_name": "Keiyo South, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo",
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"content": " Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 44(2)(c), I request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on the total amount of money that has been spent in the provision of bursaries by county governors in the last five financial years, namely, financial years 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, and 2020/2021."
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"speaker_name": "Keiyo South, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo",
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"content": "Hon. Speaker, as you are aware, the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution expressly delineates the functions of the national Government and the county governments in respect of education. Specifically, Paragraph 16 of Part 1 of the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution provides that primary schools, secondary schools, tertiary institutions and universities are functions of the national Government. On the other hand, Paragraph 9 of Part II of the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution provides that pre-primary education, village polytechnics, homecraft centres and childcare facilities are functions of the county governments."
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"speaker_name": "Keiyo South, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo",
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"content": "Despite those clear provisions of the Constitution, the county governors have apparently been spending billions of shillings of devolved funds to provide bursaries for students in schools that do not fall within the functions of the county governments. There are also allegations that the seemingly unlawful expenditure has been incurred by county governors with the approval of the Controller of Budget, who authorises the withdrawal of public funds for provision of bursaries to students in primary schools, secondary schools, tertiary institutions, and universities."
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"speaker_name": "Keiyo South, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo",
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"content": "Further, it is notable that these matters have been the subject of litigation. Members should be fully informed of these matters, which are pertinent to several legislative interventions before this House, and seek to resolve the issue of duplication of roles by the county governments and the unlawful expenditure of devolved funds on functions that fall under the national Government in respect of provision of bursaries."
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"speaker_name": "Keiyo South, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo",
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"content": "It is against this background that I seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on the following: 1. Information from the Controller of Budget on the total amount of public funds that have been spent by the county governors in the provision of bursaries to students at different levels of education, namely, pre-primary education, primary schools, secondary schools, tertiary institutions, and universities for the financial years 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022 and 2020/2021. The information on the total amount of devolved funds spent for each financial year should also clearly indicate the level of education for which the public funds were spent for provision of bursaries per county. 2. Explanation from the Controller of Budget on the legal basis for authorising withdrawal of funds for expenditure by the county governors to provide bursaries for functions that do not fall under the county governments’ jurisdiction. 3. Specific steps the Controller of Budget has taken to stop the apparently unlawful expenditure of public funds by the county governors. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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"content": "Hon. Osoro."
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"speaker_name": "South Mugirango, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Osoro",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I support the Statement by Hon. Kimaiyo regarding the issues of bursary. It is what I would call unclear division of roles between different sectors of the Government. 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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"speaker_name": "South Mugirango, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Osoro",
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"content": "This House has debated so much on what the national Government is supposed to do or needs to do. Any responsibility that pertains county governments should be left to the them. However, because of what the county governors are doing, it is about time we asked ourselves how we are going to handle this menace. The Council of Governors claims that the national Government has refused to relinquish part of their responsibilities to the county governments. They blame Members of Parliament about the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) and other matters. They have taken the Parliamentary Service Commission to court on several occasions. On the other hand, they are moving around counties and constituencies distributing bursaries. The national Government should be dealing with that subject. We agree that we need to amalgamate these funds in the near future to establish one fund and a commission. We are having this discussion. I am very happy that you initiated it. Even before we get to that point, it is important to realise that education is a subject of the national Government. What interest does a governor have in distributing bursaries in secondary schools and universities? They do not even give substantial amounts. It is usually laughable. They give about Ksh2,000, and sometimes Ksh1,000, to students and then they make so much noise about it while moving around. We need to discourage the habit of governors moving around in convoys of 40 vehicles to give bursaries of Ksh5 million to students in villages, and then moving to another village in a convoy of 60 vehicles, half of them carrying goons, to give bursaries of Ksh10 million. Thereafter, they raise issues of how we distribute funds."
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