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    "content": "FURTHER CONCERNED that most of the service providers in the counties are battling court cases lodged against them by their financiers and suppliers while others are languishing in poverty caused by the increased cost of living, with increased mental health disease incidences and others dying as a result of the effects of colossal amounts of debt owed to them by county governments; NOW THEREFORE, the Senate- 1. recommends that all county governments pay verified pending bills amounting to less than Kshs1 billion by the end of this financial year and those above Kshs1 billion by the end of the financial year 2024/2025; and, 2. Resolves that- i. pursuant to the provisions of Regulation 41(2) and (3) of the Public Finance Management (County Governments) Regulations, 2015, County Governments prepare and submit to the Controller of Budget a payment plan prioritizing payment of pending bills as a first charge on the County Revenue Fund failure to which the subsequent quotas budget releases will not be done; ii. The Controller of Budget takes into consideration the efforts made by a county government to clear inherited pending bills when approving exchequer releases iii. County Governments shall only pay pending Bills contained in their respective procurement plans, pursuant to Regulation 50(2) & (3) of the Public Finance Management (County Governments) Regulations; iv. Supplementary budgets for county governments are prepared in the 3rd Quarter to curb instances of arbitrary re-allocations out of the approved budget estimates; and v. County governments, in consultation with the Controller of Budget, to provide a budget for completion of all existing projects, and that initiation of new projects to cease until completion of the existing projects; vi. County Governments shall conduct public participation while formulating supplementary budgets, failure to which the Controller of Budget (CoB) shall not approve the supplementary budgets. Hon. Senators, the next Order is the Committee of the Whole. Therefore, we still need you to stay in the Chamber. Serjeant-at-Arms, you may undraw the bar and open the doors."
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