Senator Mwaruma calls for County Assemblies’ Autonomous Act

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Taita Taveta Senator Johnes Mwaruma has called for the County Assembly to have autonomous powers to run their budget without relying on Governors who have been micromanaging them as their children

While contributing to the bill that is seeking to separate County Executive and County Assemblies to be separately independent, Mwaruma sought the amendment of Public Finance Management Act, 2012 that will see MCAs have their powers

”Devolution means money going to the counties but governors have been frustrating county assemblies by not releasing the monies on due. For County assemblies to get their budget, it demands the controller of budget to write to the county executive to release the money,” Mwaruma reminded the Senators the woes MCAs are going through.

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He noted that without such an act in place, a lot of money is going to the waste through the hands of the Governors

”County assemblies have been preparing their annual budget estimates but again you find it difficult to get since the county executives have not prepared the estimates. Many are times when county assemblies are suffering even in recurrent budget because they don’t have autonomous,” he added

The Senators have backed the bill that county assemblies should have a small kit for so that they can implement their policies without depending on executive

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On the debate about the establishment of Ward Development Fund [WDF] the senators are of the opinion that once the money gets into counties, the governors will disburse them to respective wards for the development without pushing MCAs to worship them

”With the current law, the problem is if the MCAs are not singing the chorus of the Governor, they find it hard to get development from the executive,” they sought

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