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    "content": "necessary to adjust the revenue growth factor from 10.2 to 7.8 per cent, leading to an increase from Kshs259 billion to Kshs280 billion as the total amount of sharable revenue. The Committee also noted that on the matter of roads maintenance levy, there was lack of clarity on county roads due to the ongoing contestation of the definition and assignment of roads falling under the mandate of the national Government and county governments. It is important that the proposed Bill clarifies some of these issues as a matter of priority so that we do not have any more questions. The point being raised by the county governments is that under Class D, there is a large number of roads that have been transferred to the county governments. However, the issue is the cost of building Classes A, B or C roads is much higher than those of Class D. Therefore, the allocation that is given under the fuel levy fund will only take care of such roads. What is important is for the Roads Bill to be finalized so that clarity is made, once and for all, with regards to the structure of funding in this sector. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we also noted that when you look at the Bill on the Statutory Allocations to Constituency Development Fund (CDF), women affirmative action fund and other funds, the Committee noted that the funds have been deducted from the gross ordinary revenue instead of the national Government share of revenue. Therefore, we have advised the National Treasury on page No.12 of the memorandum although it does not form part of the Bill ultimately. Therefore, we are not going to propose amendments. We have advised the National Treasury to adjust so that, in future, we do not have a situation, as indicated on page 12, on the evaluation of the Bill, funds like the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) and Women Action Fund in item eight. They ought to be deducted. They need to come out of the national Government share. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, questions have been raised by the county governments over delays in the transfer of approved funds, including the conditional allocations. The National Treasury, even in a statement that I read earlier, has reiterated that the delays are, in fact, caused by delays in county governments submitting their requisitions or county governments not utilizing funds that have already been credited to their revenue fund accounts in the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). This explains the point raised earlier by the National Treasury in a statement. On average, there is up to Kshs30 billion in the accounts of county governments. This is the reason. We recommend that pursuant to Article 219 of the Constitution, the National Treasury should ensure that counties’ share of revenue is transferred to them without undue delay and deduction whatsoever, particularly with regards to conditional grants. As I mentioned earlier, I reiterate that it is our determination that the National Treasury should develop a framework for conditional grants to ensure that there are no delays in transfers of those funds to the counties. The Committee also observed that the National Treasury will provide more resources to five counties. There is an agreed framework between the five counties and the National Treasury for construction of county headquarters. These five counties did not inherit offices to accommodate the county headquarters. They include Isiolo, Lamu, 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"
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