Godana Hargura

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• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: The second part that amends Article 203 (2) increases the sharable percentage to the counties from 15 to 35 per cent. With Clause 49, 35 per cent will now be meaningful. If Article 102 was not amended, we would not gain from 15 to 35 per cent, because we would still be using the old accounts. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: What I have an issue with, which has been raised by many Senators who have contributed, is Clause 50 (a), which amends Article 203 (1), which introduces the issue of capping. On the issue of coming up with how funds are shared, the Constitution already has given very clear guidelines; that every five years, the Senate is supposed to come up with the basis of sharable revenue. That is what we have done. For example, in the last year, for ten weeks the Senate has been coming up with the sharable formula. In that formula, if you remember what we ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 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
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: only about people. We know that resources are shared and services are delivered based on the way people are settled. In a sparsely populated area, like my county, the cost of delivery of services is more than in a densely populated county like Nairobi. Already, Article 217 gives us how that formula is generated. In that formula, already, the marginalized and sparsely populated areas have been jeopardized because the land area has been capped. What this amendment is saying is: Now that we have the formula, put in the variables. Once you have calculated and generated for every county, then ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the other issue is Clause 13, which amends Article 97, which is changing the number of constituencies from 290 to 360 – the 70 new constituencies. The proposers of the Bill can come up with any number. Parliament can also change that clause, but once that need has been felt, that there is more representation required, then the technical aspect of determining where these extra constituencies will go, should have been left to the technical commission that has been created by this Constitution. That is why the Committee went ahead and said that this is an unconstitutional ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 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
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: When these extra seats are created, as somebody representing Marsabit County, which is the largest county in this country--- We have the largest constituency in Kenya, which is North Horr. When you only consider population and have one constituency covering 40,000 square kilometers, several counties in this country put together---. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am sure the residents of that constituency are suffering because they cannot get services. The reason is that you are giving the same amount of the National Government-Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) as you are giving a small constituency in Nairobi City County. Remember the cost of ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Let me now go to Clause 12, which talks of the Senate oversight role. Yes, it enhances our role because initially, Article 96(3) talks of the Senate oversighting only the funds allocated to counties from the national resources while we know counties generate their own and also receive funds from other sources. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: This Bill talks of amending that and says all funds received by counties – whether own-source revenue, from other quarters or national Government – is all now under the oversight of the Senate. That way, we will avoid the case like what was cited today in the morning, where governors went to court at the beginning of this devolution. They wanted to stop the Senate from oversighting their own-source revenue funds and those they get from other sources, saying that the Constitution says the Senate should only oversight funds from the national Government. Madam Temporary Speaker, that is good because ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 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