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"content": "platform that you create the regulatory framework and help the people of Tana River to get back to that resource exploration in an organised manner because it was not organised at the beginning. That is why we supported your move to suspend mining activities. We would like to go back because that is one of the sources of unconditional transfers of monies back to the county."
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is another problem in the National Treasury which we are also asking the Cabinet Secretary to look at. For a very long time, the National Treasury keeps on giving excuses when it comes to remittances of 20 per cent royalties back to the counties. It becomes very difficult for Taita Taveta, Kwale and Tana River counties to access monies that are supposed to come from royalties. The same applies to Kilifi County. These are coastal counties that have mineral resources. The National Treasury continuously creates a hurdle after another even when we have passed it here in the Senate. We are saying that the 20 per cent mineral royalty share must go back, but they create hurdles and make it difficult for the counties to access funds."
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in this Financial Year 2025/2026 as we pass this law, we are asking the National Treasury to do the right thing. Stop frustrating counties. When this Schedule is passed and it becomes law, you should obey it and give counties what they deserve in terms of their funds."
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"content": "I have said that Government additional allocations are given to the counties as unconditional and conditional grants. Conditional allocations to the counties are in two portions. The first portion are conditional allocations that the national Government gives, so that the share of the counties from the revenues of the Government are accessed. Although these monies have been allocated to the national Government, they are supposed to be transferred to county governments."
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"content": "I urge that we treat this Bill with the seriousness it deserves and fast track it. I am saying this because the national Government will not release monies for doctors who belong to the counties. There are arrears of monies payable to doctors through the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). For those who have not been paid, that is contained in this Bill. That is why we need to hurry up and pass it. Conditional allocations for Community Health Promoters (CHPs) are also contained in this Bill. The share that the national Government is supposed to give is also contained in this Bill. Conditional allocations for construction of county headquarters, which include county headquarters for Tana River, Nyandarua, Lamu and the other two, are contained in this Bill. Therefore, after passing this Bill, the national Government will be in a position to transfer these funds to the relevant county governments. The amounts are contained in the Second Schedule of this Bill. Conditional allocations to the County Aggregation and Industrial Parks (CAIPs) Programme that is set out in Column D are also contained in this Bill. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you will remember that during his campaigns, the President said that every county must have an industrial park and each industrial park will be sponsored partly through the national Government share and there will also be a share by county governments. As I speak, there are counties that have not done industrial parks. The reason is that funds have not been released to them. 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": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I urge hon. Members and colleagues here that we vote for this Bill as fast as we can, so that conditional grants from the national Government are fast tracked, especially to counties like ours where we are supposed to have the headquarters. The national Government should release those funds, so that they are utilised by county governments. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, before I take my seat, I urge colleagues that our county governments are waiting for these funds. We should do everything possible to pass this as we put a caution to our governors across the country---"
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Sen. Abdul Haji",
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"content": " Thank you. Your time is up Senator."
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Sen. Abdul Haji",
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"content": "Hon. Senators, I will now propose the question."
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"content": " Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill, the County Governments Additional Allocations (No.2) Bill (Senate Bills No.8 of 2025). This is an important Bill and we must give its history for our colleagues to recall how it came about. Yesterday, I got into a lot of trouble for relaying very useful information which I thought would have helped one of our colleagues. While they disagreed with it, they went on to say many other things. History is important and people must understand the perspective. I continue to be proud of the work that we did in the Committee on Finance and Budget when I was a Member in the last two Senates. This is one of the signature Bills of that Committee. I do not know if the Members know that the conditional and unconditional grants to our county governments, used to be unregulated. What would happen is that an international agency like the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) would propose to support a particular thematic area with regards to county governments and some mandarins at the National Treasury would determine where to place those projects. I do not know who they are, but I hear there are mandarins there. My interaction with them has left me with the impression that they are just good citizens. Anyway, I am just being your average Kenyan."
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