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    "id": 1098421,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kibiru",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13196,
        "legal_name": "Charles Reubenson Kibiru",
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    "content": "that we need to give timelines because, like we have seen before, institutions including the National Treasury have no respect for time or urgency in disbursing monies to the counties. According to this Bill, they will be required within seven days to submit the same to the Senate. The Cabinet Secretary shall publish a monthly report on actual transfers of all conditional allocations to county governments. Here, we are talking about monthly reports, which will be required by law to publish. Further, the respective county governments books of accounts should reflect all transfers on conditional allocations by the national Government. This is an obligation to the county governments. Madam Deputy Speaker, reporting by the county treasury on these conditional allocations as part of its consolidated quarterly and annual reports as required under the Public Finance Management Act. Previously, the counties could get away with it, but we are now putting it in law that it is mandatory for the county treasury to give the required reports as per the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, 2012. The Bill provides for all the agreed upon conditional allocations/ grants earmarked for disbursement to various county governments for the Financial Year 2021/2022. The Conditional allocations from national governments share of revenue of Kshs7.537 billion include: - (i) Leasing of medical equipment of Kshs7.205 billion; popularly known as MES; (ii) Supplement for construction of county headquarters for five counties at Kshs332. 00 Million; (iii)The conditional allocations from proceeds of loans and grants of Kshs32,343,890,512 from development partners including- (a) a grant from the World Bank to finance Transforming Healthcare Systems for Universal Care Project (THSUCP) of Kshs2.235 billion; (b) a World Bank credit to finance Agricultural and Rural Inclusive Growth Project (NARIGP) of Kshs6.395 billion; (c) a World Bank loan to finance the Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project (KCSAP) of Kshs7.838 billion; (d) a EU grant to finance Instruments for Devolution Advice and Support (IDEAS) program of Kshs230.730 million; (e) a World Bank credit to finance Water and Sanitation Development Project (WSDP) of Kshs5 billion; (f) a grant by DANIDA to finance Universal Healthcare in Devolved System Program of Kshs701 million; (g) a grant from the World Bank for Kenya Devolution Support Programme (KDSP) – level 2 known as KDSP Capacity Building (“level 2”) Grant of Kshs4.6 billion; (h) a loan from Government of Sweden to finance Agriculture Sector Development Support Programme II (ASDSP II) of Kshs1.3 billion; (i) both loan and grant from the German Development Bank (KfW) to finance Drought Resilience Programme in Northern Kenya (DRPNK) of Kshs370 million;"
}