Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1120528,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1120528/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 358,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 827,
        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
        "slug": "godana-hargura"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when it comes to the composition of their boards at the other levels like the county technical committee, this fund covers only county government functions such as roads, water, health, and electricity. These are county government functions. You give these funds to the county as conditional grants. If you look at the board, the chair is the County Commissioner. The Members of Parliament (MPs) are literally in it because the NG-CDF and the secretaries are appointees of the MPs. The county government in a board chaired by the County Commissioner is represented by a County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Finance and we are told is co-chairing. That is where we need to make amendments. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it has to be chaired or co-chaired by the governor and the County Commissioner if he or she has to be there. I do not see why funds are sent to the counties, then still at that level they are being handled by the national Government officials. It does not show anything like this fund has been sent to the counties as a conditional grant. This is because everything is headed by the national Government officials. Even at the sub county level, it is the same thing. It is the Deputy County Commissioner (DCC) with the NG-CDF committee chair. There is not even a sub county administrator at that level. At that level, the composition and implementation where the actual business is run by the national Government. Where does the county government which is given the fund play its role? We are taking the national politics again to that level. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not see why NCDF is in because it only covers education and security. Equalisation Fund does not cover any of those functions. So, where does the CDF come in? We need to have amendments to the regulations so that the composition at that level be clearly the county government. Maybe the national Government is represented by the administrators, but not the CDF because it has nothing to do with these funds. Since there is that interference at that level, we need to first make those amendments before we can give the regulations the go-ahead. We are giving money to the county level then it is being managed by the national Government then those funds will not perform the functions they are performing. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have problems with the NG-CDF there because I have experience with the Roads Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF) at the constituency level. The NG-CDF committee is running it and the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) is only the technical and administrative staff. Everything is being done by the MP. This is another way of getting the MPs to this Equalisation Fund. I know the Chairperson has said there will be room for amendments within six months. If that will be possible, then we can see how it can be adopted. If that is not there, then we would rather not start a thing which we cannot amend."
}