2 Jun 2021 in Senate:
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2 Jun 2021 in Senate:
hereby do present the report on the County Allocation of Revenue Bill (Senate Bills No. 30 of 2021). We hereby make our submission as per Article 218 of the Constitution. The Division of Revenue Bill, 2021 gives us a total of Kshs370 billion as equitable shares to county governments for the financial year 2021/2022. The County Allocation Revenue Bill, 2021 differs from the previous Bills because it does not include conditional grants from both nationally raised revenue and from the proceeds from the loans and grants from our development partners. The departure was occasioned by the High Court Ruling No. ...
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2 Jun 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I thank Sen. M. Kajwang' for coming up with that Motion of extending time. We could probably ask the Secretariat to inform our Members through the other forums that we have extended time. Those who are online can also be alerted to stay on to contribute.
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2 Jun 2021 in Senate:
I was on the point where I said that the Schedule is based on the formula that was approved last year. The basis provides that Kshs158.25 billion be shared using the allocation ratio applied in the Financial Year (FY) 2019/2020.
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2 Jun 2021 in Senate:
The net which is Kshs211.75 billion is allocated using the formula: 18 percent on population, 17 percent on health, 10 percent on agriculture, 5 percent on urban, 14 percent on poverty, 8 percent on land mass, 8 percent on roads and 20 percent on basic share.
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2 Jun 2021 in Senate:
The proposed Second Schedule is in relation to county governments’ budget ceiling on recurrent expenditure for the country executive and County Assemblies for the FY2021/2022. The recommendation is in fulfillment of Article 216(2) and (3) of the Constitution of Kenya. 2010 and Section 107(2)(a) of the Public Finance Management(PFM) Act, 2012.
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2 Jun 2021 in Senate:
On the county assemblies’ and county executives’ ceilings, the budget ceilings are important in ensuring prudent allocation and expenditure of public resources and conform to Article 200(1) of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. The ceilings are provided to promote harmony between the county executive and county assembly in sharing resources. The ceiling also ensures adequate resources are allocated to development projects in line with the law. We all know what the law states that 30 percent goes to development and the county executives have not been complying with the law. The following is an analysis of county assembly ceilings:
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2 Jun 2021 in Senate:
County Assembly ceilings cover expenses on personal emolument, legislative process support, training and insurance and other operations and maintenance. The county assembly ceiling recommended in the Bill for FY2021/2022 is Kshs33.25 billion, which is the same amount as in the FY2020/2021 as well as FY2019/2020.
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2 Jun 2021 in Senate:
A breakdown on the county assembly expenditure components indicates that salaries, allowances, gratuity and pensions are amounting to Kshs24.24 billion or 73 percent of recurrent expenditure while operations and maintenance the O&M totals to about Kshs8.36 billion representing 25 percent of the total allocation.
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2 Jun 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, County Assemblies have raised concerns on the non- disbursement of all budgetary allocations. The delayed Exchequer releases have contributed to loss or unspent resources at the end of the financial year as well as pending bills.
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