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            "content": "THE COUNTY GOVERNMENTS ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS (NO.2) BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.8 OF 2025)"
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            "content": "(Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale on 16.7.2025 - Afternoon Sitting)"
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            "content": "(Resumption of debate interrupted on 16.7.2025 - Afternoon Sitting)"
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            "content": "Sen. Mungatana, you were on the Floor of the House when this matter was being debated. You have a remainder of 12 minutes to continue with your submission."
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            "content": "(Sen. Crystal Asige spoke off record)"
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            "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. Asige might be saying something. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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            "content": "I was on my feet yesterday, seconding the Bill that had been moved by our hon. Chief Whip, Sen. (Dr.) Boni Khalwale. I was at the point where I was saying that this Bill has 12 clauses. The last clause talks about the criminalization of financial misconduct. This is criminalization of those officers who are told that the Senate has given this schedule and you are supposed to abide by this schedule, so that counties can get their money on time, and they do not do it and they do not get any consequences. As I second this Bill, I was saying that it is my sincere hope that in this Financial Year that we are starting, when these violations are gross, then the responsible officers who delay the funding of counties and refuse to follow what the Senate has said as far as the funding of counties timeously is concerned, there will be criminal consequences for them as envisaged in this County Governments Additional Allocation Bill that we are passing today. Those who are listening to me must know that in the Senate, we provide three main ways to fund county government activities. The first one is the Equitable Fund - the equitable share that comes to them. The second one is the Equalization Fund that we have passed as we debated it here yesterday. We are waiting to vote on it. This is the third one where we pass the county governments’ additional allocations that are supposed to go to the county governments. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in these additional allocations, we have two main categories. The first is the unconditional additional allocation. For these ones, the funds that come from the unconditional additional allocations to the counties come from revenues that have been collected from the courts and court fines. When any county passes its laws and there is a contravention of those laws, the county is supposed to fine those people who contravene its laws, so that it can generate wealth. This money is collected and put together. When we pass it here, every county will be given its share."
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            "content": "I needed to say this quickly. There are counties that have not developed their own version of city courts like here in Nairobi where we have a city court. When you are found by the county askaris having not paid for your licenses and all that, they fine you there and you have to pay, so that the county government creates a source of funds. I am saying this to all Kenyans and county governments. Please develop court systems in your counties. There are counties that do not support collection of revenue. As a result, you find very little money coming as collections to the County Revenue Fund (CRF)."
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            "content": "The other unconditional allocation of funds from this Bill comes from the 20 per cent revenue from royalties that will be collected across the country. I want to use this opportunity to request that all counties that have minerals and other resources that come from the ground which can be mined. We are asking the Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Hassan Ali Joho, in charge of mining, to do what he can within his powers, to make sure that those resources are mined. I am saying this because in Tana River County, for example, when the Cabinet Secretary took over, he said that gypsum mining in that county is not controlled and he suspended everything. That means that there is no gypsum mining activities going on."
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            "content": "If the Cabinet Secretary does not create a framework through which that mining can go on, it means the royalties we were expecting to get from unconditional remittance of funds back to the county will be reduced. Therefore, I want to ask through this The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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