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"content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to put this issue of CAIPs into perspective because I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, where it is domiciled. I can clarify that each county was to receive Ksh250 million from the national Government, with counties contributing their own Ksh250 million, plus land. Initially, the idea was to implement the programme in all 47 counties, but due to slow absorption and identification of the right sites, we have only managed to fund 18 counties. For some of them, what is contained in this Bill is the second tranche. Over Ksh100 million had already been disbursed. Once this second tranche is disbursed, the national Government will have discharged its obligation and the county governments will take over the completion of the projects. Some projects are at different stages of completion, and we thank the Almighty God that this year is one of them."
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"content": " Thank you for the information, Professor. When you are informed by a professor, you become more enlightened. The counties were selected based on the progress made towards project completion. This brings me to a very important point. Some counties have received CAIP funds but have not done anything yet. You can see that only a few counties have made progress while many have not. Based on this document, priority is given to counties that have already started. Some have not started yet this is a very important programme. I urge those counties that have not yet deposited money into CAIP to do so. I do not know whether the county of my friend, Hon. Elisha, has started this work. It is important that it does. These additional funds will also go towards paying CHPs. I was on the ground yesterday, visiting all seven wards of my constituency, and one of the major concerns raised by CHPs was that while the national Government has disbursed funds, county governments have not paid them. CHPs are important links for the success of the Social Health Authority (SHA) and the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF). If we do not pay CHPs, we will have a problem. I urge us to support this Bill so that it goes out there. The CHPs who are operating all over the counties are very important people. They spend a lot of time working for the community but do not get paid. The national Government has provided some funds but the county governments have not paid them. It is important we pass this Bill to ensure that counties receive money to pay CHPs. I want CHPs to know that as a Government and as Parliament, we are keen to ensure they get their monthly stipends. In fact, I advocate for even higher perks for them so that they can take care of this important docket. By passing this Bill, we are ensuring CHPs have resources. We have Ksh2.34 billion shared across the 47 counties for CHPs. This is a very important piece of legislation to ensure that CHPs in places like Homa Bay County receive their payments. They should not be left to work and walk under the sun and through the mud without any money. CHPs are very important people and we must support them by ensuring that they have money to do their work properly. Another important component of this Bill is the unconditional additional allocation for court fines. Recently, the Chief Justice stated that since the small claims courts were set up, a lot of money has been collected and many activities have taken place. I cannot remember the exact figure that the Chief Justice mentioned, but it was a large amount of money, and many The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "claims were settled. The Bill’s Third Schedule allocates Ksh116 million for court fines collected under County Legislation Violations. The benefiting counties are: Murang’a, which has collected Ksh70.74 million; Machakos County, which has collected Ksh16.05 million; Mombasa County, which has collected Ksh13.42 million; and Kiambu County, which has collected Ksh10.78 million, among others. However, this money cannot be transferred from the courts to county accounts. If we pass this Bill, these counties will be able to use the money. Passing this Bill will help us disburse the money that has been collected as fines to the counties to enable them do projects. The transfer of court fines to the respective county governments has faced challenges due to lack of a framework for the collection and transfer of the same. Currently, the law requires that all revenue collected by the Judiciary be sent to the Consolidated Fund, but if we do not have a law, these funds cannot be transferred to counties. Hon. Temporary Speaker, please add me three minutes because my flow of thoughts is on high gear."
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"content": " We are only adding you one minute."
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"content": " No, three minutes will be good. I know you are a good man and you will do that. There are certain important things. We have seen many county government health workers protesting because they want their arrears to be paid. However, there is no framework for paying these arrears, but this County Governments Additional Allocations Fund Bill does that. There have been protests outside Parliament, with workers demanding payment of arrears. However, the elephant in the room is the lack of a framework for disbursing arrears to these workers. I assure health workers in the counties that once this Bill is passed, their arrears will be paid. This is the framework required to pay the arrears. I urge them to hold their horses because Parliament will ensure that this Bill is passed. Once it is passed, the county health workers’ salary arrears will be paid. And it is quite a colossal amount of money—Ksh1.759 billion. This money will be paid if we pass this Bill. I request Members of this House to ensure that we facilitate the payment of arrears. As you can see in the Schedule, the amount is shared among 10 counties where fines were collected. I have already talked about that. There are also funds from development partners funded projects, totaling about Ksh33 billion. However, these funds cannot be spent because we do not have a framework. The funds that come from IDA, Emergency Locust Response, Kenya Informal Settlements Improvement Project 1 (KISIP 1) and money for Financing Locally-Led Climate Action (FLOCA), are all affected. FLOCA is a very popular project in my county, but they cannot use the money because there is no framework. If we pass this Bill, the Kenya Urban Support Project, Urban Development grants and all the other funds from All Nations International Development Agency (ANIDA) and Agence Française de Développement (AFD), will be given to the counties. This will address all the noise about unpaid workers and stalled projects. Lastly, as we disburse these funds through the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill, I urge governors to ensure proper utilisation of this money. The money we are disbursing from this House must benefit the people, helps in development, and furthers the spirit of devolution pushed by the leader of ODM, Hon. Raila Odinga, a cause for which my friend Hon. Oundo here is very passionate."
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"content": " Hon. Martin Owino, Member for Ndhiwa."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Bill wholeheartedly. Hon. Baya has made many factual and important comments here. This really makes us unhappy: We have money, even from development partners, in The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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