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    "id": 798981,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/798981/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 373,
        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
        "slug": "mohammed-mahamud"
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Deputy Mr. Speaker, Sir. As we await the Kenya Roads Bill that was read the First Time today, and depending on what we agree on how the road sector will be structured, we will see how the money that is going to the counties will be enhanced. The total conditional grants from the national Government Revenue amounts to Kshs25,500,000,000. The other funding that we are getting is the conditional allocations from loans and grants from development partners. This includes the transformation health centre systems for universal healthcare, which is Kshs3,363,589,847. Then the World Bank is financing agricultural and rural inclusive growth project, which is Kshs2.9 billion. Of course, there is a loan from World Bank to finance the Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project (KCSAP). There is a grant from the World Bank for Kenya Devolution Support Project (KDSP), which is supposed to help build capacity for the county governments. There is also a loan from the World Bank for the Kenya Urban Support Project (KUSP), which is about Kshs11.4 billion. The sixth is grants from Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) to finance universal healthcare and devolved systems programme, which is about Kshs1billion. The seventh one is the European Union (EU) grant to finance Instruments of Devolution Advice and Support Ideas which is about Kshs1 billion. We heard today that the Ministry of Devolution and Planning will sign that agreement with DANIDA in terms of what goes to the counties. The other one is credit from the World Bank (WB) to finance water and sanitation development projects for about Kshs3.8 billion. The counties to benefit from this funding include Wajir, Garissa, Kisumu and three other counties. There is also a grant from the WB to finance the Kenya Devolution Support Programme amounting to Kshs4 billion. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, those are three schedules; the first schedule is on the equitable allocation of the Kshs3.4 billion, the second schedule in the Bill deals with the allocation from the national Government revenue and the third is from loans and grants. The fourth schedule which has also been introduced this year is the budget celling or recurrent expenditures for county executives and assemblies. This schedule totals to Kshs26,779,286,759 for the county executive and Kshs31,031,309,710 for the county assemblies. With regard to this particular item of the recurrent expenditure ceilings for both the county executives and county assemblies, we had no problem with that of the county executive. However, a lot of issues were raised concerning the county assemblies. The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) has issued circulars on the salaries and allowances of the county assemblies. In January 2018, the High Court quashed some of the provisions of the circular which was released in July, 2017. Such developments were not considered in the computation of the recurrent expenditure for county executives and county assemblies. The ceiling for county assemblies will have to be amended to cater for such additional obligations. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Article 118 of the Constitution and Standing Order 134(5), the Committee invited the public, state actors and other non-state actors to submit their contributions to the Bill. In this regard, the Committee held a public hearing 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"
}