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"content": "giving orders that impede or violate the law. The question should be, if a Kenyan goes to court and says National Treasury has violated Article 219 of the Constitution--- Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when the national Government borrows, they do not seek the consent of the counties yet the counties should have a say in the entire process of borrowing. If a good citizen moves to court and challenges the National Treasury for violating Article 219--- It is very sad that we have to discuss this at this time. The National Treasury should always consult us when borrowing to finance a deficit in the budget. I thought that budget includes county governments. What is the priority? The delay in disbursement has two effects. First, it delays service delivery. Secondly, it leads to increase in pending bills. As I speak, Nandi County has an accrued pending bill of Kshs1.6 billion. Many counties are accruing pending bills because they cannot pay on time. They risk being penalized and contractors moving to court. This affects terms of service delivery. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thirdly, I am happy that conditional grants will be sorted out independently. We will avoid commingling of funds. That word is too heavy. I can see the Senator for Narok County smiling. People from Nandi County can use big English words. Commingling of funds and other issues will be resolved once for all. We will have a different rule. Nandi is supposed to be among the beneficiaries of Equalization Fund. I am happy the new Auditor-General has taken the role. She has been questioning why there is a delay in disbursement of Equalization Fund. Taita Taveta and Kilifi get Equalization Fund to ensure there are basic needs as provided under Article 204. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the National Treasury must be called to answer to the concerns of delay in disbursement of funds and the issue of Equalization Fund. It is important to come up with the rules and regulations regarding conditional grants. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, another aspect is the projects status. For example, in Nandi, the governor has decided to leave the office complex that was built by his predecessor. That is people’s facility. Nandi is squatting on county headquarters meant for the county commissioner yet the building is half to three-quarters complete. The current governor has left it and it is a stalled project. I can speak with authority because I represent the people of Nandi. It is unfortunate to an office that should be functional and used to provide services. The other project is the stadium in Kapsabet. The former governor had started building the stadium, but because the current governor does not want to complete it, so that the other one does not take credit, he has started another one next to it. It is called sports complex. We need to agree on the value for money. If anybody is elected, be it a Member of County Assembly (MCA), Member of the National Assembly, Woman Representative or Governor, when a project is not completed, it should not affect our predecessors. It affects the local mwananchi that was supposed to get that service. It is not about you, but about the people of Nandi who are over 800,000. Those are the issues that should be addressed."
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