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    "id": 1271813,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wakili Sigei",
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    "content": "counties. Each and every county has previously been sending out list of pending bills, not because of anything, but because funds have been allocated and not yet disbursed. With this particular schedule and with the latest experience and pronouncement that was made; that all the funds to all the county governments were disbursed, it is going to ensure that no county government should exhibit any pending bill because no funds will be held once the schedule is approved. We definitely do not also expect to experience the delay in payment of salaries of employees of the county governments. Once these disbursements are made available, there will be no reason why service delivery cannot be felt across all the counties. The role of this particular House is to ensure that devolution works. Once we are able to do the oversight, the services to the people will definitely be seen and felt. Madam Temporary Speaker, I noticed that in the schedule that has been given, all the county governments have been given the specific benefit that they are going to get in the funds. In this case, the parameters equally for this particular disbursement is given. We are talking about agriculture at 10 per cent and equalization fund at 20 per cent. It, therefore, means that all the services which each county government is expected to deliver for the people will not be limited because of failure to have the disbursements. In this case, the county government that I represent, Bomet County, it has got an allocation of Kshs6.9 billion for the Financial Year 2023/2024 with disbursements scattered for the months beginning July, Kshs593 million; August, Kshs558 million; September, Kshs593 million; October, Kshs558 million; November, Kshs593 million; and December, Kshs558 million. We expect as the Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale said, that there will be no excuse by any governor or county government for their failure to deliver to the people on the services which have already been given the funds. In this case, the entire county government machinery should be able to run and roll out the services to their people. We also call upon Members of the County Assembly who in this case are the first port of call for purposes of ensuring that services to the people are delivered. This is an opportunity for them to ensure that the executives of the county government do not give excuses for their inability to ensure that roads are done and hospitals are supplied with medicine. Any other service that is devolved, particularly in every other sector should be delivered to the people of the country. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I conclude, I would like to appreciate the Committee for their immediate submission of this Motion. This is because having passed the County Allocation Revenue Act (CARA), this is the opportunity then for the county governments to ensure that they receive the disbursements in their accounts for the services to the people of our respective counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, I support as I thank you for the opportunity."
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