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"speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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"content": "AWARE that the Senate, on 16th July 2015, resolved to establish an ad hoc Committee to inquire into the status of county headquarters and identify the needs of each of the forty-seven Counties, which would form the basis for possible assistance to the identified counties; RECALLING THAT the ad hoc Committee on County Headquarters tabled its Report in the Senate on 3rd December 2015 in which it recommended that 11 Counties be supported, as follows:- (1) Those in dire need and requiring immediate assistance („AA‟ category): Isiolo, Lamu, Nyandarua, Tana River and Tharaka-Nithi Counties; and, (2) Those requiring assistance to help them develop their Headquarters („A‟ category): Bomet, Kitui, Marsabit, Nyamira, Siaya and Taita Taveta Counties. FURTHER RECALLING THAT with regard to the five Counties classified under the AA category, the Committee recommended that each be allocated a sum of Kshs800 million as conditional grants, and that the six counties classified under the A category be each allocated a sum of Kshs300 million as conditional grants; AWARE THAT the Senate, on 1st March 2016, adopted the Report of the ad hoc Committee on County Headquarters; COGNIZANT THAT following the said resolution of the Senate, conditional grants have been advanced to the five Counties classified under the AA category, during the financial years 2017/2018, 2018/2019 and further allocations have been budgeted for the financial year 2019/2020; CONCERNED THAT to date, no allocations have been made by way of conditional grants to the six counties identified as requiring assistance under the category A, and that those Counties continue to experience grave challenges in terms of infrastructure that have hampered their operations; AWARE THAT the said Counties are at various stages of putting up the infrastructure required to make them fully operational, and that some may have already been completed; ACKNOWLEDGING THAT the Senate is mandated to protect the interests of counties and their governments, which include ensuring that the county governments are fully operational; NOW, THEREFORE, the Senate resolves that the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations undertakes an assessment of the status of county government facilities in the following counties, and to report to the Senate within three months- (1) Under Category AA: Isiolo, Lamu, Nyandarua, Tana River and Tharaka-Nithi Counties; and, (2) Under Category A: Bomet, Kitui, Marsabit, Nyamira, Siaya and Taita-Taveta Counties."
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