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    "id": 1254206,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1254206/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Njuguna Ndung’u",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary, National Treasury and Economic Planning",
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    "content": "Prosecutions (OPP); Ksh8 billion for the Criminal Investigations Services; and Ksh8 billion for the Office of the Auditor-General. In addition, to embrace the oversight and legislative role of Parliament and access to justice, I propose to the National Assembly to effect a budget allocation of Ksh41 billion for Parliament, and Ksh23.2 billion for the Judiciary. On completion of planned projects, in order to ensure value for money and timely realisation of benefits accruing from budgetary allocation and implementation of planned projects, Ministries, Departments and Agencies have identified projects for completion in the course of the financial year. The projects will be fast-tracked and protected from any budgetary adjustments. The National Assembly is requested to support this endeavour as this is consistent with the resolution of this House. On transfer of resources from the National Government to the county governments, the county governments will receive a proposed allocation of Ksh385.4 billion as equitable share for the Financial Year 2023/2024. This is 23 per cent of the Financial Year 2019/2020 shareable revenue, which is the most recent audited and approved revenue by the National Assembly. This is above the minimum threshold required under Article 203(2) of the Constitution. In addition, on the county equitable share, the county governments will receive additional conditional and non-conditional allocations amounting to Ksh56.7 billion. This brings the total allocation to the county governments in the Financial Year 2023/2024 to Ksh442.1 billion. Part of this include Ksh425 million for the transfer of library services being a devolved function; Ksh2.9 billion as outstanding mineral royalties share to 32 county governments as stipulated in the Mining Act, 2016; and a consolidated grant of Ksh100 million per county for the aggregated industrial parks programme, which is meant to assist farmers in value addition and market access for their products. Eminent to the Equalisation Fund in line with Article 204(1) of the Constitution of Kenya, Ksh7.9 billion has been allocated under the Equalisation Fund in the Financial Year 2023/2024. This represents 0.5 per cent of the Finance Year 2019/2020 Revenue, which is the most recent audited and approved revenue by the National Assembly. In addition to this, we have allocated Ksh3 billion to cater for arrears for the previous years, bringing the total allocation under the Equalisation Fund to Ksh10.9 billion. Eminent to transfer of functions between the national Government and county governments, the National Treasury and Economic Planning, in collaboration with the Council of Governors and other institutions, developed a draft legislation to operationalise Articles 187 and 189 of the Constitution. This is on transfer of functions and cooperation between the Government and the county governments, and between county governments themselves. The proposed legislation has gone through public participation with County Government Executives, County Assemblies, and development partners, among others. I will shortly submit the Bill for Cabinet approval and onward transmission to Parliament. Hon. Speaker, let me now turn to measures to enhance county governments’ source revenue. The National Treasury and Economic Planning, the State Department of Lands, the Council of Governors and other stakeholders have developed the National Rating Bill, 2022, which went through the First Reading on 8th March 2023 in the National Assembly and thereafter submitted to the Departmental Committee on Lands in the National Assembly. The Bill provides, among other things, standards in the way rating and valuation is conducted in the country; how to deal with the properties’ cross-cutting in more than one county government, procedure for claiming and payment of Contribution in Lieu of Rates (CILOR); and timely updating of valuation rolls by the county governments. More importantly, the Bill will repeal the outdated Valuation for Rating Act, Cap 266 and Rating Act, Cap 267 and align property rating legal regime with the devolved system of governance. Our appeal to the House is to 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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