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    "id": 1271754,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tabitha Mutinda",
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    "content": "In preparation of the Cash Disbursement Schedule, the National Treasury informed us that it is an annual schedule for each county allocation for Financial Year 2023/2024, which spreads across the 12 months of the year. The 12 months begin from 15th July to 15th June. Disbursements are usually quarterly. So, the expected disbursement for this financial year should be in September. As I said earlier, it is good to note that in this financial year, the total amount we passed in the Division of Revenue Bill, which is now an Act, is Kshs385.425 billion. That is what we will be distributed to the 47 counties considering different parameters that we have stated. I would like the House to note that the parameters are for Financial Year 2019/2020 because the law says they apply for five years. As a Committee, we will propose a new formula that will determine different amounts of funds for different counties. As I stated, on 15th of every month, allocation of funds will be disbursed to the counties. It is good to note that the total amount of disbursement per month is about Kshs32.1 billion. It is calculated at around 8 per cent. However, in the final part, we rounded off to 9 per cent of the total allocation. I thank Members of the Committee on Finance and Budget because it is one of the busiest committees. We have many Bills and they are always prioritized. I thank the House for that. Our core mandate is to ensure that counties have funds which they should also receive on time. We are also guided by timelines of each and every Bill assigned to us because if timelines are not considered, then we will not be abiding to the Constitution. I thank Members of my Committee because they are committed. We have the Senate Majority Whip, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, Sen. Onyonka, Sen. Faki, Sen Shakila Abdalla, Sen. Oketch Gicheru, Sen. Ali Roba who is the Chairperson, Sen. Korir and Sen. Tabitha Keroche. They are committed to ensure timely responses on Bills. There are stakeholders who walk with us. They include the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Economic Planning and the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA). They ensure that we get their input on Bills tabled and directed to the Committee on Finance and Budget. I do not want to forget the input of the Council of Governors (CoG), led by their Chair, the Governor of Kakamega, Hon. Barasa, his deputy and other governors such as Hon. Simba Arati. They have actively supported our committee, something that we appreciate. Our secretariat is usually on top of all that needs to be done to ensure that we table our Bills on time. We also applaud them. Regarding the processes, there are observations we have made as a Committee. One of the observations is that there is need to align the timelines for submission of the cash disbursement schedule and the passage and assent to the CARA."
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