Entry Instance

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

{
    "id": 1368631,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1368631/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 206,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Kimani Ichung’wah",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": "Matters to do with climate change are live to us. The NG-CDF has also to be responsive to climate change issues and how to mitigate matters touching on it. Therefore, we will again incur a little bit of these monies allocated to NG-CDF to deal with issues touching on climate change. In dealing with challenges that have confronted NG-CDF over the years, on the question of separation of powers on how we align the vertical division of revenue between the national and county governments, we are now making it very clear that NG-CDF will in no way interfere with the level of financing or revenue being divided vertically to our county governments. The NG-CDF will get from the national Government its share of revenue. Those who have perceived that NG-CDF is in a way clawing back on devolution, can now have the comfort that the monies going there will not in any way affect the allocation to our county governments. Therefore, our good governors in the Council of Governors can rest easy knowing that the NG-CDF money will come from the national Government share of revenue. This money will also go strictly to functions under Schedule Four of our Constitution that are designated to be carried out by the national Government. We shall not be involved in issues, as important as they are, touching on functions of the county governments. The National Government Constituencies Development Fund Act, 2015 allowed NG-CDF to allocate money to sporting activities. With enactment of this Bill, that will not now be possible since sports, under Schedule Four of our Constitution, are designated to the county governments. It will now not be possible for NG-CDF to engage in that. 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."
}