17 Sep 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the County Allocation of Revenue Bill (Senate Bills No.7 of 2020) be now Read a Second Time. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the annual allocation to counties is based on the provisions of the Division of Revenue Act (DORA) as required by Section 191(3) of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012. The Division of Revenue Act, 2020 gives a total allocation of Kshs369.8 billion to county governments for the Financial Year 2020/2021. The allocation of Kshs369.8 billion is an aggregate of the following- (1) Equitable share of Kshs316.5 billion as set out in the ...
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17 Sep 2020 in Senate:
(iii) Compensation for user fee foregone of Kshs900 million. (iv) Rehabilitation of youth polytechnics of Kshs2 billion. (v) Supplementary for construction of county headquarters of five counties of Kshs300 million, which has decreased from Kshs485 million allocated in the Financial Year 2019/2020. (vi) Road Maintenance Fuel Levy funds of Kshs9.43 billion which has increased from the allocation of Kshs8.98 billion in the Financial Year 2019/2020. The increase is attributable to higher projected revenues from the fuel levy in the Financial Year 2020/2021. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Second Schedule with respect to conditional allocations to county governments from loans and grants ...
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17 Sep 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Article 187(2) of the Constitution and Gazette Notice No.1609 of 25th February, 2020, some functions of Nairobi City County, as set out in Part 2 of the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution were transferred to the national Government. Article 187(2)(a) of the Constitution requires that arrangements be put in place to ensure resources necessary to undertake or perform the functions transferred are provided. Article 219 of the Constitution provides that- “A county’s share of revenue raised by the national Government shall be transferred to the county without undue delay and without deduction, except when the ...
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17 Sep 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the interest of time, as stated in the Order Paper, those are the amendments that we have recommended. These provisions are intended to ensure the transferred functions are appropriately funded from the respective county government budget through the implementation of programmes under such functions under the national Government. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move and request Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko, my distinguished brother from Migori County, to second.
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17 Sep 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, I beg to move-
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17 Sep 2020 in Senate:
THAT, Clause 7 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new sub clauses immediately after sub clause (3)- (4)The Cabinet Secretary shall prepare a report for each quarter of the financial year in respect of the expenditure of funds transferred to the National Government pursuant to subsection (3). (5) In preparing a report under subsection (4), the Cabinet Secretary shall ensure that the report-
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17 Sep 2020 in Senate:
(a) contains information on the financial and non-financial performance of the entity assigned to carry out the transferred functions on behalf of the National Government;
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(b) is in a form determined by the Accounting Standards Board; and
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(c) contains such further information as the Senate or the National Assembly may, pursuant to section 34 of the Public Finance Management Act, require.
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17 Sep 2020 in Senate:
(6) The Cabinet Secretary shall submit the report prepared under subsection (5) to the Senate, the National Assembly, the Controller of Budget, the Auditor General and the respective county assembly.
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