{"id":574322,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/574322/?format=json","text_counter":150,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Billow","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":260,"legal_name":"Billow Adan Kerrow","slug":"billow-kerrow"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, the Senate approves the Cash Disbursement Schedule to County Governments for 2015/2016 Financial Year laid on the Table of the Senate today, Thursday, 30th July, 2015 pursuant to Section 17 of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012. This is a straightforward Motion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this House is mandated by the Public Finance Management Act to approve a cash disbursement schedule which shows how funds from the national Treasury will be transferred to county governments for the next 12 months. These Funds are county allocations which are contained in the County Allocation of Revenue Act which we passed last month. What the Treasury does – if Members could look at their copies – is to prepare a schedule. Once we approve it, then, it will be used to transfer the money on a monthly basis to the county governments. It is urgent in the sense that if we do not pass it, then the Treasury will not – within the law – be in a position to send the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."}