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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwaura",
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to second this Motion as proposed and moved by my Chair. Basically, my submissions would really be to elucidate further on the Committee’s Report. From the onset, we really had an extensive consultation between various Standing Committees of this august House and also key stakeholders that fall within the ambit of our Committee. It is very important to note that the resource envelop of this country is inelastic. Therefore, we must adequately share it within the two levels of government; that is, the national Government and the county governments. One of the things we noted is that the role of the BPS is really to establish the ceiling. This is the ceiling which need to be adhered to as we move towards the Appropriations Bill in the cause of this financial year. However, a key plank of this BPS is the big four agenda which are geared towards food security, manufacturing, universal healthcare and affordable housing. Food security can only be achieved if we enhance our agricultural activities. Universal healthcare will be achieved through health facilities and qualified personnel. The issue of manufacturing will be realised through industrialization. These four aspects fall under the mandate of devolved governments which will drive them to fruition. The BPS needs to be very clear on the linkages between the big four agenda and the roles of county governments. This has to be done in partnership. This is a national vision. In the same vein, it will be important to ensure that we have a clear Medium Term Plan of the Kenya Vision 2030. That is 2018 to 2022 masterplan that clearly stipulates the theoretical and underpin things the Jubilee administration would like to see accomplished. However, we noted there is no proper point of reference. We may be aware that something is in the pipeline and county governments may use it to develop their County Integrated Development Plans. This is the only way to ensure that they also espouse aspirations of these big four agenda. I propose that we have a sessional paper of the Third Medium Term Plan (MTP3) so that people can fully understand what it is all about the big four agenda. Why? If this is left on its own, then the ownership will be a great loss to this country. The Chairman talked about the issue of timelines. We reckon that 14 days that is given for the BPS is not enough. After we finish our process, counties are also supposed to develop their county fiscal strategy paper. However, the practice is that officers in counties are only copying and pasting the BPS without proper digestion of the same. This is counterproductive. It becomes just a national document without necessarily speaking to the realities of the counties as it were, which is really the essence of devolution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on pending bills, we, as a Committee, were surprised by the ballooning pending bills in counties. Our Committee was also able to benefit from 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."
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