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    "id": 89472,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Gabbow",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 258,
        "legal_name": "Mohamed Hussein Gabbow",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the departmental committee on local authorities had received the financial estimates for 2010/11 and a total budget of Kshs17,087,466,890 was allocated, compared to Kshs23,946,000,000; this shows a decrease of about Kshs5,859,000,000 or 21 per cent. However, the Recurrent Expenditure increased from Kshs12,346,000,000 to Kshs13,201,466,890. The Committee was informed that the decrease would negatively affect the ongoing development projects and we agreed with that. The Committee wishes to make the following observations and recommendations. The financing under the LATF should be guided by the Local Authorities Service Delivery Plan. The Ministry should look at the plan and ensure that there is harmony between funds disbursed and planned projects. Two, the Ministry should participate in upgrading the various local authorities from one level to another. There is also a mismatch between the various actors within the local authorities arena and there needs to be a proper integration of various Ministries such as the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, the Ministry of Environment and Minerals, the Ministry of Roads and so on. This will go a long way in enhancing service delivery and avoid duplication. There is also need for a long-term strategy for addressing the level of indebtness of local authorities since LATF was intended to reduce debts of local authorities; this has had limited success. The Ministry should also be able to table the status of the impact of the LATF programme. Since it is apparent that some of the local authorities are highly indebted and poorly managed, it is recommended that a rapid response action plan be put in place. Since the Fund is operating in a surplus, there is need to reduce the transfer from the Exchequer by an amount similar to the surplus. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those f few remarks, I wish to support Vote 12 for the Ministry."
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