A potential new flashpoint between the National Assembly and Senate has emerged, as senators push for the withdrawal of the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF), arguing it is unconstitutional and the funds should be directed to counties.
The National Assembly had allocated Sh68 billion to the NG-CDF for this financial year, but the amount was revised down to Sh61.2 billion in Supplementary Budget I following the Finance Bill’s withdrawal.
Why is it easy to cut Sh20 billion from county allocations, but not touch NG-CDF, which has been declared unconstitutional by the courts? If the court ruling was implemented, you would have enough funds for the counties,” Khalwale stated.
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Kisii Senator Richard Onyonka underscored that senators would not backtrack on devolution gains, especially while NG-CDF — deemed unconstitutional — continues to receive funds.
Onyonka stated that some of duplication of functions in devolved units for example insuance of bursary to needy students and construction of ECD classrooms can be consolidated in one kitty hence by doing away with NG-CDF which is marred with corruption