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    "id": 825936,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13184,
        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "I believe there was a typo in the version that they have which is reading 2017/2018. I kindly request that the correction be made. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 48(1), I rise to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget on the County Recurrent Expenditure ceilings for the financial year 2018/2019. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Explain why there was an increase in the recurrent expenditure ceilings which was higher than the respective equitable share, affecting the development budgets for Baringo, Kiambu, Murang’a, Vihiga, Narok, Kirinyaga, Nyeri, Trans Nzoia, Tharaka Nithi, Kitui and Laikipia counties; (2) Explain the mechanism put in place for the above mentioned counties to meet their development gaps, in particular, Baringo County whose increase in the equitable share was Kshs103.8 million while its recurrent budget ceiling is Kshs167.7 million. (3) State whether the Committee considered reports from the office of the Controller of Budget in regards to absorption of funds when making proposals on the county recurrent expenditure ceilings for 2018/2019 and; (4) Explain whether the absence of a framework on costing of functions of the devolved units disadvantages some sectors in the devolved units. This speaks to the fact that some recurrent expenditure ceilings were higher than the development budget. The case in point is Baringo County where there is only Kshs103 million for development while Kshs167.7 million is for expenditure. As those who oversight these counties, we need to look at some of our expenditures vis a vis the recurrent budget. Therefore, I hope that the Committee will look at this for it is happening in a number of counties as you can see. It is there in Baringo and it goes all the way to Laikipia County. Was it that the assemblies at the local level did not realize that they are spending more in terms of recurrent than the development budget? As this Senate, if there is one thing that we need to look at, then it is these kinds of disparities. The recurrent budgets are far outweighing the development budget and this should be of concern to this House. I look forward to the relevant Committee taking the issue of fiscal prudence, stewardship even as we take our oversight role seriously."
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