31 Mar 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you. I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today, 31st March, 2022: – Report of the Mediation Committee on the County Governments Grants Bill (Senate Bill Bills No. 35 of 2021).
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31 Mar 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you. It looks like today is my day. I beg to give Notice of the following Motion- THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Mediation Committee on the County Government Grants Bill (Senate Bills No.35 of 2021) laid on the Table of the Senate on Thursday, 31st March, 2022; and that Pursuant to Article 113 of the Constitution and Standing Order No.161(3) of the Senate Standing Orders, approves the mediated version of the Bill.
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31 Mar 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion - THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Mediation Committee on the County Governments Grants Bill (Senate Bill Bills No. 35 of 2021), laid on the Table of the Senate on Thursday, 31st March, 2022; and that pursuant to Article 113 of the Constitution and Standing Order No. 161 (3) of the Senate Standing Orders, approves the mediated version of the Bill.
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31 Mar 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, it was only yesterday afternoon when I promised the House that we have negotiated that we will be able to conclude the mediation process. I remember telling Sen. Murkomen, Sen. Cheruiyot, Sen. Wambua and Sen. Wetangula that I do not promise things that I cannot deliver.
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31 Mar 2022 in Senate:
We have gone through the processes here and talked more on the genesis of this Bill. I do not think I need to repeat that. However, for a small recap, the purpose of the Bill is to provide an instrument for transfer to county governments either conditional or unconditional allocation. These additional allocations are from national Government sharable revenue or proceedings of loans and grants from Development Partners.
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31 Mar 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Bill is in compliance with the Petition of the High Court, No.255 of 2016. The genesis of the Bill is that Senate passed it on 15th September, 2021 and with amendments on 2nd December, 2021.
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31 Mar 2022 in Senate:
The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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31 Mar 2022 in Senate:
The Senate on 21st December considered and rejected the amendments by the National Assembly. This is what took us to where we have been for purposes of mediation. The Committee had it total four sittings to deliberate on this Bill in accordance with the Constitution and relevant provisions of the Standing Orders of the Senate and the National deliberations.
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31 Mar 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee held meetings with the following stakeholders for purposes of record of the House - we consulted the National Treasury and Planning, The Commission of Revenue Allocation (CRA), The Council of Governors (COG) represented by the Governor of Laikipia County and the Controller of Budget.
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31 Mar 2022 in Senate:
The Mediation Committee considered the matter to develop a version of the Bill that both Houses will pass. The version of the Bill is attached to the report of the Bill tabled in the House today.
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