1. Short term borrowing: IBEC has now approved mechanism for County governments to access overdrafts at CBK with guarantee from the National Treasury. The borrowing will be 5% of audited revenue and to be repaid within a year.
2. County Government Expenditure Ceilings: That the AG’s interpretation be sought on the amendment to Section 107 of the PFMA law within one week. Pending that clarification, the Controller of Budget approve allocations to counties within the legal threshold provided for under the current CARA ceilings. Regulation 25 to be amended to remove challenges experienced in its implementation.
3. County Pension: That the CS National Treasury convene a meeting with all stakeholders to finalise on the report by the AG chaired committee then a meeting to be convened by the Deputy President to finalise on the matter
4. Assets and Liabilities: To facilitate the expeditious and efficient transfer of assets and liabilities, a gazette notice has been approved by IBEC to set up county committees. The entire process should be complete by March 2017.
5. Vocational Training: National Government to consider providing conditional grants to the county governments to support construction and equipping of institutions. Senate to be informed ahead of the allocation by National government to ensure policy mainstreaming at both levels
6. Road Maintenance Fuel Levy: County governments to provide work plans that adhere to the ceilings provided for by the ministry
7. Maternity Health care: County governments to receive pending 1.4 billion by December. Counties to recommend two names (Man and Woman) to the ministry for one to be appointed to both KEMSA and NHIF boards respectively.
• NHIF law to be amended to allow representation.
• NHIF accreditation to be reviewed to remove costs of new institutions and unnecessary bureaucracy
8. IFMIS: National Treasury team on IFMIS to look into the issues raised by council of governors. National Treasury to convene an urgent meeting with counties to address issues. Ministry of ICT to be included in the consultations.
About The Council of Governors
The Council of County Governors (COG) is a non-partisan organization established under Section 19 of the Intergovernmental Relations Act (IGRA 2012). The Council of Governors comprises of the Governors of the forty-seven Counties. main functions are the promotion of visionary leadership; sharing of best practices and; offer a collective voice on policy issues; promote inter – county consultations; encourage and initiate information sharing on the performance of County Governments with regard to the execution of their functions; collective consultation on matters of interest to County Governments.
What We Do
COG provides a mechanism for consultation amongst County Governments, share information on performance of the counties in execution of their functions, facilitate capacity building for Governors, and consider reports from other intergovernmental forums on national and county interests amongst other functions (Section 20).Our Mission
To deepen devolution through coordination, consultation, information sharing, capacity building, performance management, and dispute resolution.Our Vision
Prosperous Counties that are drivers of socio-economic growth and development and quality service delivery.Our Values
Collaboration and Partnership, Integrity, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Innovation, Professionalism
Our Motto
48 Governments, 1 Nation
PRESS STATEMENT ON CONTROLLER OF BUDGET REPORTS
Members of the Press,
Citizens of Kenya,
First, I want to thank the National Treasury for continually improving on disbursement of funds, especially this Financial Year. They are almost catching up with the disbursement schedule as Cabinet Secretary Hon. John Mbadi has promised to release the outstanding November allocation this week. Shukrani!
Having said that, the Council of Governors expresses profound unease regarding the sensational reports by the Controller of Budget on Counties budget implementation for quarter one (1) of this financial year. Specifically, we wish to address two issues raised:
1. On Counties operating numerous Bank Accounts
I wish to state as follows:
All accounts opened and operated by the County governments are lawful based on the following;
• In accordance with Section 5(2) of the Facility Improvement Financing Act, 2023, all County Health facilities have been declared entities of County Governments and are required to open and operate bank accounts in commercial banks for purposes of revenue retention and expenditure. To date, County governments have 7,011 Health facilities which are commensurate with the accounts in commercial banks.
• Pursuant to Regulation 82(1)(b) of the PFM (County Governments) Regulations, 2015, County governments are required to open accounts in commercial banks for purposes of revenue collection.
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