23 Nov 2022 in Senate:
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22 Nov 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I second the Motion.
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17 Nov 2022 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Bill presented to us this afternoon by the Committee on Finance and Budget. I believe that it has come at the right time where we want to give more resources to the county governments through the County Additional Allocation Bill No. 2 of 2022.
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17 Nov 2022 in Senate:
I congratulate the Committee led by the Chairperson, Sen. Ali Roba, the United Democratic Movement (UDM) Party Leader. Most speakers have supported the need for county governments to be more transparent and accountable to such monies.
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17 Nov 2022 in Senate:
Own-source revenue from county governments have never been well accounted for by governors all over the country. First, they have been having issues of over-
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17 Nov 2022 in Senate:
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17 Nov 2022 in Senate:
allocating more money in their budgets, which introduces issues such as overspending and pending bills.
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17 Nov 2022 in Senate:
We request the Committee on Finance and Budget and other relevant Committees to put some restrictions on county administrations. The revenue allocation and own- source revenues will need to have good structures to prevent such things.
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17 Nov 2022 in Senate:
Secondly, we have these additional conditional allocations, which we have introduced today. We need to approve as soon as possible because the Bill will help counties unlock many problems, particularly on health, roads and other things.
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