Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

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• 13 Apr 2023 in Senate: Our counties are facing a serious cash crunch. If you speak to most governors, they will tell you that their last allocation was either in November or December, and we are now in April. I saw in the media snippets of what the CS for the National Treasury and Planning said when he appeared before our Committee on Finance and Budget. He asked what people want them to do. Quoting him, he said that; “If revenue being collected is not enough, we have to make very difficult decisions.” view
• 13 Apr 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 13 Apr 2023 in Senate: Unfortunately, part of the difficult decisions that the National Treasury continues to make is to starve our county governments. As the Senate, we must take a firm position against this because we represent counties and the interests of our people. view
• 13 Apr 2023 in Senate: I made a proposal to our colleagues in the Committee on Finance and Budget though I no longer sit there. We must push the National Treasury. We had begun this conversation in the years that I sat there as a Member, to create a Devolution Fund, by either raising revenue in the present financial year. That would be difficult given the present financial situation. view
• 13 Apr 2023 in Senate: You could go to the financial markets and raise even Kshs200 billion. That would be a sufficient amount to be the seed funding that would set up what would be referred to as Devolution Fund. At the end of each month, counties would draw from that particular Fund. If it is July, the counties would know what their share is for that particular quarter and draw from it. As counties draw from the Fund, the National Treasury is obligated and given space. I have been following what happens in our county governments. Those who have worked in the counties will ... view
• 13 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we need to create a Fund upon which counties draw from, month by month, such that we do not have delayed disbursements. However, the National Treasury should have a buffer of between three to six months to fill that particular Fund. For example, in December, counties will have to check and demand whether what they ought to have been given in that particular period was disbursed by the National Treasury. That being the case, in the subsequent financial years, you will find our counties beginning to operate as expected. Otherwise, it does not make sense for our ... view
• 13 Apr 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 13 Apr 2023 in Senate: That is the cardinal duty and your responsibility, as a Senator, and that is why you sit in this Senate. You are the one that will talk this afternoon, take a position and eventually vote, so that we send funds to our counties. Your work does not end there. Our work and responsibility is to see that our county governments are physically sound and properly managed. view
• 13 Apr 2023 in Senate: We should not have funds pilfered by the various administrations that are in our county governments. Also, ensure that at least the financial operations of each of our counties are as per the dictates of our Constitution. If you check, there is an increasing trend, unfortunately, that because the National Treasury is not releasing funds in a timely manner to our county governments, they are entering into financial arrangement with various financial institutions. This is the same problem that we are now facing with the national Government. If you are not careful, Senators, and I plead that you listen to ... view
• 13 Apr 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view