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    "id": 1464049,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (Senate Bill No.19 of 2024) be now read a Second Time. I wish to bring forth to Members that, basically, what we are doing is in line with what you have been doing for the last few weeks. After the passage of the Appropriations Bill 2024 earlier in July, the process was running concurrently with the other side of raising revenue. Therefore, when we passed the Appropriations Bill of 2024, which became an Act, the hope was that money would be available through the revenue-raising measures that were then in place. Unfortunately, that was not possible due to what we all understand. Therefore, we came back here and made a major Supplementary Budget, which is now the main Budget in Kenya. That process was completed around a week-and-a-half ago. Therefore, that necessitated two things in regard to the relationship between the county governments and the National Government. There are two primary areas in which county governments draw money from the national Government. One is through equitable share, which, as the House knows, was also part of the rationalisation that happened the last two weeks. Across the two levels of government, everyone had to take a cut. The National Government took the bigger burden. The county governments also lost Ksh20 billion in the equitable share. Therefore, the figures that we appropriated indicated an equitable share; part of it, which is over Ksh33 billion, was part of the carry-overs from the last financial year. Therefore, the actual amount for this current year in equitable share is Ksh380 billion. That is one area. The second way county governments get money from the national Government is through what we are doing today—the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (CGAA). This happens because of these reasons. This happens because the Government may direct resources to some specific devolved functions for implementation when there is an overarching agenda. Whereas we have county governments and national governments, devolved functions could be among the agenda of the national Government. For that reason, these monies follow what the Government wants to achieve nationally. The other area is found in the schedules. I am sure Members already have. Beyond the monies directed by the national Government from various departments, part of additional allocations to county governments comes from development partners. That is why Schedule Four of the County Governments Additional Allocations Act shows the amount of money going to county governments from development partners. Before I go into the specifics, which will take very little time, I underline that many times, we use development partners with the insinuation of money coming to us for free or given by anyone. 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."
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