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    "content": "Disbursement Schedule could not be laid on the Table of the Senate. The Committee, therefore, requests the Senate to consider the County Government Cash Disbursement Schedule in accordance with Section 17(7) of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012. The Committee considered the Cash Disbursement Schedule for County Governments for Fiscal Year 2012/2013 and recommends that pursuant to the provisions of Section 17(7) of the Public Finance Management Act, the Senate approves the County Government Cash Disbursement Schedule for Fiscal Year 2013/2014. I beg to move. Madam Temporary Speaker, the cry for devolution and devolved functions has been heard very loudly across this beautiful country of ours. At the advent of implementation of the new Constitution, there have been a lot of discussions regarding what should be devolved to the County Governments and what should remain at the national Government. This first step that has been taken now, involves the disbursement of some of the money that should be taken to the counties for management. It is the first time that the national Government has actually disbursed money to the counties. If you look at the Schedule, it shows very clearly that some Kshs16 billion is above the average amount that is being disbursed on the average per month. Over the last two months, there have been about two times the amount, that is, Kshs32 billion and another Kshs19 billion about to be disbursed. With those disbursements start the real issues regarding devolved governments. It is now time for the county governments to start showing that what they have been crying for can also be managed. It is one thing to ask for something and quite another to get it. Sometimes, you might just get what you ask for. In this particular case, the money has been given and devolved by the national Treasury. Now, it is time for the county governments to prove that those who have been saying that the county governments do not have capacity should be proved wrong. Now it is time because the national Treasury did its bit, the county executives responsible for finance in various counties must now do their bit. Having said that, I want to remind the national Treasury of two things; the first one is that this House passed a Motion that the money that is supposed to go to counties The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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