12 Sep 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: The Report on the Select Committee on the National Government Constituencies Development Fund on its Consideration of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2019. Hon. Speaker, just a quick rider. We had concluded this Report and I do not want to revisit the sentiments expressed by the House yesterday. But, allow me to announce to Members that from next week, they will be able to have the official report for their fund managers to bring proposals. The final figure for the current financial ...
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1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly:
He is complaining about something. Hon. Speaker, I rise to give a Statement with regard to the status of the allocation of funds for each constituency for the Financial Year 2019/2020.
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1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly:
A total of Kshs41,749,800,000 was allocated to the NG-CDF for the Financial Year 2019/2020 as per the Appropriation Act, 2019. This amount is equivalent to 2.67 per cent of the national Government share of revenue as per the Division of Revenue Bill, 2019. So far, the NG- CDF Board submitted the Financial Year 2019/2020 budget proposal to the Cabinet Secretary for approval. As part of the approval process, the Head of the Public Service, through a circular dated 23rd July 2019, issued a communication to all State corporations and Semi-Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGAs) to the effect that the Government is ...
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1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly:
approved by the National Treasury in writing. To this effect, the annual budget for the Board for the Financial Year 2019/2020 is yet to be approved. Hiyo ni maneno ya huko . The circular does not affect us.
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1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly:
Do not worry. Hon. Speaker, in view of the foregoing, the Board shall allocate funds to each constituency as per Section 6 of the NG-CDF Act, once its budget for the Financial Year 2019/2020 is approved. Hence, it will determine the amount available for each sharing among the 290 constituencies. Further, the passage of the Division of Revenue Bill, 2019 will be critical in ascertaining the amount allocated to the Fund to meet the legal threshold of not less than 2.5 per cent of the national Government share of revenue.
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1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly:
Lastly, as we await the conclusion of the Board’s budget approval process, constituencies may proceed with developing their respective project proposals for the Financial Year 2019/2020 for up to Kshs136,766,586 while providing for an emergency reserve of not less than Kshs7,198,241 per constituency.
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1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker.
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1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, let me put it clearly. We are talking about Government finances. The Government gives money and it goes to the NG-CDF. It does not come to us as autonomous money, but it is Government money. In their procedures, they are saying that they want to align the projects that are coming up with the Big Four Agenda. You can choose what to implement and ignore. I have put it the way it is. This document is from the Government. I am tabling officially Kshs136,766,586. The money is less the emergency amount of Kshs7,198,241 per constituency. I am officially ...
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1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly:
Let me divert attention to the details of the budget-making process. This money actually comes from the Departmental Committee on Finance and Planning. It is the Committee that will trigger the budget of the NG-CDF Board to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly:
come to our Committee for approval. I have said that, that is in the process. What I have announced could go higher, but it will not go lower than that.
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