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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> President Uhuru Kenyatta and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga (pictured)<\/strong>\u00a0will hold crisis talks on Monday, ahead of a Senate vote on a contentious revenue sharing formula.<\/p>\n

The africa-press has reliably learnt that Uhuru is set to convene a Senate Jubilee Parliamentary Group (PG) meeting on Tuesday morning, ahead of the crucial vote scheduled for the afternoon.<\/p>\n

Inside sources told the africa-press that the political storm over the proposed third-generation formula by the Commission of Revenue Allocation (CRA) to share Sh316.5 billion among the 47 counties prompted Raila to cut short his vacation in Mombasa and return to Nairobi today.<\/p>\n

Sources said Raila would hold talks with Uhuru\u2019s allies to try reaching a consensus amid accusations that ODM was not rallying its senators to support the formula backed by the government.<\/p>\n

Stung by the resistance from their new allies, a senior Jubilee official said the party’s PG would also reach out to the rebel wing associated with Deputy President Dr William Ruto, sending a message that reconciliation between Kieleweke and Tangatanga factions was on the table.<\/p>\n

\u201cRaila will be meeting some party officials and the leadership of Parliament from Jubilee and ODM to try and reach a consensus to avert a government defeat on Tuesday,\u201d said the official.\u00a0Uhuru is also expected to engage county bosses on Monday during the governors’ summit, days after divisions emerged at the Council of Governors (CoG) meeting on the stalemate.<\/p>\n

During the meeting, governors censured CoG chairman Mr Wycliffe Oparanya for failing to take a stand on the matter.\u00a0Jubilee has warned that BBI is at stake if the formula fronted by the Executive is rejected with ODM’s assistance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thought BBI was all about \u2018one man, one shilling.’ That\u2019s the philosophy underpinning the committee’s proposal,” said Majority Whip Irungu Kang’ata.\u00a0\u201cWe shall bite the bullet. There shall be no more adjournment of the debate.<\/p>\n

We shall reconsider BBI if we lose the vote. If the government loses vote, BBI collapses,\u201d said Kang’ata.\u00a0Kang’ata questioned why ODM senators were opposed to the proposed revenue sharing formula while still insisting that they were backing BBI.\u00a0\u201cThe BBI proposes we devolve 35 per cent of the national revenue.<\/p>\n

This way no one loses. The government has decided that if it loses the vote, the handshake and BBI will collapse,\u201d he said.\u00a0The government plans to have the formula passed so that the focus turns to BBI, which will ensure more money goes to counties.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Tuesday, if senators from Nyanza, Coast and Northern Kenya gang up against the proposal on the revenue sharing, we shall consider the proposals spelled out in the BBI,\u201d Kang’ata said yesterday at Kiamara, Murang’a County, as he distributed relief food to poor families.\u00a0He said BBI proponents should support equitable sharing of resources, based on the population, to enhance development.\u00a0\u201cIf you support BBI, you should also be part of the proposal on the revenue sharing formula, if there is no sinister motive,\u201d Kang’ata added.<\/p>\n

Political blackmail<\/strong><\/p>\n

But ODM chairman John Mbadi read political blackmail in Kang’ata’s sentiments, and warned that this would not solve the standoff. According to Mbadi, ODM senators opposing the cash sharing plan had not been whipped to do so.\u00a0\u201cOur party has not held a meeting because we have largely left it to our senators to look at the proposed parameters,\u201d said Mbadi.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what connection the standoff has to do with the BBI. Senator Kang’ata cannot speak to people with that kind of blackmail. The senators need to listen to each other to come up with the best formula. It should not be about giving ultimatums,” he said.\u00a0\u201cAs a party, we have support across the counties and they are affected differently (by the new revenue sharing formula).<\/p>\n

Some are gaining, others are losing. The best way out is for senators to stop the grandstanding,\u201d said the Suba South MP.\u00a0He admitted that there could be external influence on the matter.\u00a0“Revenue sharing is a political issue, and you expect all manner of interests from all quarters,\u201d Mbadi said.\u00a0Jubilee Party vice chairman David Murathe backed the new revenue sharing formula, arguing that no county would be disfranchised.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is about making the national cake bigger after BBI is passed. We are for the \u2018one man, one shilling\u2019; this formula will pass,\u201d said Murathe.\u00a0\u201cThis issue of losers and winners is neither here nor there. With the new formula and BBI\u2019s proposed increment from 15 per cent of the national revenue to 35 per cent, counties will get double the allocation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The impasse on the formula to replace the second generation one that has since expired has led to a delay in the passage of the County Allocation of Revenue Act, 2020, and held back the cash disbursement schedule for counties.\u00a0Counties, which are yet to receive their June allocation, are staring at a cash crisis. National Treasury CS Ukur Yatani insists without the County Allocation of Revenue Act, disbursements for July and subsequent months will be frozen.<\/p>\n

\u201cTreasury cannot release money to counties unless appropriated by Parliament, and for that matter by the Senate through the County Allocation of Revenue Act, which is currently facing challenges. We have no idea as at now how much money will be allocated to each of the counties,\u201d Yatani told.<\/p>\n

Laikipia Governor Ndiritu Muriithi argues that Treasury can invoke Article 219 of the Constitution, on transfer of equitable share to counties, which stipulates: \u201cA county’s share of revenue raised by the national government shall be transferred to the county without undue delay and without deduction, except when the transfer has been stopped under Article 225 on financial controls.\u201d<\/p>\n

Further, Muriithi argues that the law allows disbursement of up to 50 per cent of the previous year’s allocation to prevent county operations from shutting down.\u00a0The governor argued that counties spent about 50 per cent of their budgets on health, which is a devolved function, and that it would be unfair to withhold funding at a time Covid-19 infections were increasing.<\/p>\n

“Treasury has no legal hurdles. They are simply creating excuses. They have no intention to give counties cash in the near future. The blood of Kenyans will be on their hands,” Muriithi said.\u00a0According to the governor, counties are owed arrears totaling more than Sh30 billion.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Senate Minority Whip Mutula Kilonzo Jnr said the unprocedural adjournment of Tuesday\u2019s sitting was enough evidence of undue influence on Senate over the matter.\u00a0\u201cThe proceedings of Tuesday are\u00a0prima facie\u00a0evidence of high stakes in the process,\u201d said Kilonzo Jnr.\u00a0Irungu, Senate Minority Leader James Orengo and Baringo Senator Gideon Moi were tasked by Speaker Ken Lusaka to lead negotiations to try and strike a deal on the disputed formula.<\/p>\n

Kanu Secretary General Nick Salat also said external influence could not be ruled out as each region fights to get more resources.\u00a0Salat said some of the financial and political issues raised in the controversy would be resolved by the BBI, which seeks to increase allocations to counties.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe key thing is to build trust and understand that the formula may not be perfect, that is why we have the BBI,\u201d said Salat.\u00a0\u201cWe expect BBI to look at these kind of financial and political impasse we are experiencing.<\/p>\n

Lack of trust is what is building this division. The senators have the weekend until Monday to come up with a solution,\u201d he said.\u00a0Gatanga MP Joseph Ngugi Nduati said majority of the people supported the proposed revenue sharing formula that will see counties in Mt Kenya region being allocated an additional Sh3.1 billion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe proposal by the committee is supported by the many, as regions will get money according to their needs,\u201d said Nduati.\u00a0Economic expert Jevans Bigambi argued that the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act required that release of funds must be facilitated by law.<\/p>\n

He faulted the legislators and the Attorney General (AG) for failing to push for an amendment to cure the consistent challenges faced every financial year whenever the division of revenue law is not passed on time.<\/p>\n

He said senators pulling from different directions did not address the problem and urged them to agree instead of allowing the matter to take a political angle.\u00a0He said the governors could also engage Yatani to have their monthly allocations released.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese challenges were not anticipated, and this impedes on operations in the counties. The people should not be denied services because of a stalemate in passing laws every start of the financial year,\u201d argued Bigambi.<\/p>\n

The analyst argued that based on own source revenue, only Nairobi, Kisumu, Mombasa and Narok counties could raise the bare minimum revenue to operate outside the national shareable allocation.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver 60 per cent of the counties allocation goes to healthcare service and salaries. With the Covid-19 mitigation measures, these counties cannot meet the 10 per cent bare minimum to operate. These counties can only raise 0.1 per cent and 0.2 per cent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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