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    "speaker_name": "Teso South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mary Emaase",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to reply to the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill, (Senate Bill, No.19 of 2024). At the outset, I want to thank all the Members who have contributed to this Bill. It is a very important Bill that seeks to give additional conditional allocations to our counties to enhance the provision of very basic and important services to our people. This Bill originated in the Senate. We know that the Senate prosecuted it based on the approved estimates at that time. As a result of several variations that have happened and that gave birth to the Supplementary Budget Estimates I, it is, therefore, important that this House aligns the County Additional Allocations Bill to the Supplementary Estimates I. As a result of that, therefore, we know that some changes have been occasioned. The case in point is the allocation to county aggregation and industrial parks, where there is a reduction of Ksh1.6 billion. We had to drop a number of counties that were on-boarded so that we can complete the ongoing 18 counties. I know Members have spoken to the community health promoters. When we come to that allocation, we also note that there is a slight reduction from the Ksh3.2 billion that had been approved to Ksh2.5 billion in the supplementary estimates, registering a decrease of Ksh651 million. That is also a very important allocation. I want to believe that county governments will have to be innovative and find a way to fill the gaps so that none of the community promoters are dropped from the payroll. Having said this, I just want to mention that some of the funds that are being allocated to counties as additional conditional grants are from the development partners as loans and grants. Some of that money is from the national Government's share of revenue. Therefore, I want to call upon our county governments. I know that some of the money that we have received from the development partners in the form of loans and grants will be going as grants for healthcare services. We know the challenges in our hospitals. Some hospitals still lack very basic equipment. Therefore, I want to plead with the county governments to ensure that there is efficiency and accountability in the utilisation of the money from DANIDA so that Kenyans can feel and see value for the money. There will be allocations towards agricultural value chains, devolution support and money towards urban support for informal settlements, among others. County governments and all the oversight institutions need to make sure there is proper monitoring and evaluation to ensure that there is success in the implementation of that money. There is even money that is supposed to go towards urban support in terms of even tarmacking our roads and our towns within the counties. Let that money be put into proper use by providing basic services and helping Kenyans. Hon. Temporary Speaker, with those few remarks, I beg to reply."
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