The implementation of the Ksh.4.5 million car grant awarded to County Assembly Speakers and MCAs by President Uhuru Kenyatta will take a little longer than expected
The Controller of Budget said there was no provision in law to implement the directive.
Dr. Margaret Nyakango stated in a letter to the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) that some counties lack the funds to make the payments.
The car grant to the MCAs was viewed as President's way of motivating them to approve the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Bill. Therefore, the brakes pumped on the directive begs the question as to whether it will make the legislators rebel.
The Controller of Budget said she has received numerous requests from governors to authorize the car grant directive but the priority is on four fundamental issues.
Nyakango pointed out that some counties are faced with the difficulty of implementing the directive due to insufficient funds since most had only budgeted for a car loan facility and not a car grant while others had merged the car loan and the mortgage into one fund.
She added that the car loan facility had been created as a revolving fund so there is no legislation outlining the process of conversation of a car loan into a grant.
According to her, in some counties the Speakers and MCAs had not accessed the car loan facility as she noted while reviewing the requests by governors.
The car loan had been granted and fully paid in some cases while in others the loan was borrowed and partially paid.
Furthermore, in some counties, MCAs and Speakers accessed the loan from the joint car and mortgage fund catering for both county staff and MCAs.
The controller of budget highlighted that since each county has its own unique challenges,
the hurdle is how to effect the car grant.
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