Mutula Jnr roots for
County Grants Bill
September 28, 2022
NAIROBI
By Anchor Reporter
A bill to facilitate the disbursement of funds from donors and
development partners to counties is in the offing.
According to Makueni Governor Mutula Kilonzo, the County Grants
Bill which was prepared in the last Senate and was never passed is to be fast
tracked, leading to the creation of a law to help in the flaw of funds to
counties from sources other than the national government.
Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.
In a dispatch, Mr Kilonzo said the Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua had directed that the bill be published in the National Assembly as soon as it opens during an emergency meeting with all Governors that took place on Monday September 16, 2022 to seek ways to alleviate the current famine situation.
The meeting, chaired Mr Gachagua was attended by outgoing
Cabinet Secretaries Margaret Kobia, Ukur Yattani and James Macharia.
The government has so far dispatched 23 trucks of foodstuff
including rice and flour were later flagged off by President William Ruto.
Said Mr Kilonzo “While I was at the Senate in the last
Parliament, we prepared the County Grants Bill which was never passed. As the
Chairman of the Council of Governors Legal Affairs and Government relations
committee I was tasked to work on the Grants bill to fruition. This will ease
disbursement of funds to counties by donors and partners.
The relief food was sent to the 10 most affected counties in
Kenya in the arid and semi-arid counties in Northern Kenya. CS Kobia confirmed
that 29 more counties including Makueni will shortly receive the relief food as
the Treasury CS was directed to make provisions for funds to support the
initiative.
During the meeting, the governor proposed that the relief food
be distributed with the assistance of Sub County administrators to curtail
pilferage and ensure it gets to deserving residents.
