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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗸 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗢𝗹𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 H.E the Governor 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆’𝘀 𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 𝟭𝟵 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀.

The Governor participated in the meeting accompanied by the County Secretary Francis Sakuda, Finance and Economic Planning CEC Member Alais Kisota and his Health Services counterpart Esther Somoire.

The team tabled documentary evidence on the queries raised by the Auditor General’s report with the Senators asking for further submission of documents responding to questions that arose at the meeting.

Among the queries that were addressed and whose documents were availed was the contractual agreement between the County Government and BOC Gases for the supply of oxygen to local health facilities.

The Auditor General also sought to know the items procured by Plan Healthcare Ltd to warrant a payment of Sh 11 Million in May last year.

The Auditors also sought an explanation on all the allowances paid to front line health workers which included arrears for other delayed allowances.

The Senators were also interested in the management of the County Emergency Fund in relation to urgent supplies during the COVID 19 period.

The CEC Finance also explained why he introduced and delegated a senior staff in the Department as an additional signatory to the Emergency Fund.

The Fund was largely used to purchase food supplies to vulnerable families across the County.

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Public participation forums kicked off today in several wards across the county. The high turn up rate by residents across the County conveyed in different ward level  to budget their ward allocation kitty. In these forums the attendance of chair- Kajiado municipality, COs and other officers from several departments, residents got to discuss, identify and prioritize projects to be undertaken by the county under their ward allocation kitty.

In a bid to beat the 30th April deadline for submission of County Budget Estimates to the Kajiado County Assembly for deliberation and approval, the County Executive kicked off its public participation exercise in earnest across the County.

In most County Wards, The Stakeholders from the County met with members of the public and deliberated on thematic areas of development cutting across the various departments of the County Government.

The Public also got to learn that the magnitude of the proposed projects always dictate the budgetary allocations. That the County Assembly is duty bound to fairly dispense and equitably allocate County resources for development across the wards.

Most complains from the public were reflected on the bureaucracy in the Procurement process at the County headquarters for the delays in project implementation. Issue with contractors for not involving the community and the leadership on the status of the projects in their localities was also mentioned.

Contractors engaged in County development projects have been put on notice to deliver results within the dictated terms or face immediate termination of their services.

The office of the controller of budget has also encouraged residents at the forums to be more proactive in validation exercises of the ongoing projects within their localities to ensure that they own the process and the completed projects once handed over to them. Budgetary provisions will also be made to conduct a feasibility study in most projects to ascertain their status.

Further, county departments have been challenged to institute stringent measures which should include formation of oversight committees to monitor and evaluate the projects to ensure that allocated public funds are utilized for the intended purposes. The Committees would thereafter submit their findings for possible termination of contracts and black listing of non performing firms.

The Public Participation exercise which is going on across the County in all wards ends of Friday is guided by the principle of reasonable access of information related to policy formulation and implementation. It is these that form the basis of approval of development projects and budgets and granting of permits and establish emend of specific performance standards as dictated in Chapter 87 of the County Government Act,2012.

Public participation forum in Ongata Rongai Ward,Kajiado North

Public participation forum in Kitengela Ward,Kajiado East.

Public participation forum in Poka Kenyawa Ward,Kajiado East

Public participation forum in Dalalekutuk Ward, Kajiado Central

Kajiado County embracing technology, gone are the days of long tiresome queues. Pay taxes and fees at your comfort zone.

Kajiado County Assembly has passed the 2018/19 budget estimates of shs.9,514,040,462 as presented by the County Executive Committee in charge of finance, Michael Semera. The budget estimates is increased from Sh.6,234,157,864 in last financial year.
The County Assembly lauded the CEC finance for increasing the development budget from 30 percent to 34 percent for the purpose of improving the livelihoods of the people. Kajiado County Assembly Speaker, Hon. Johnson Osoi, said the budget had unique features that will go a long way in seeing larger population of Kajiado benefit.
“This budget has the public at heart with unique ways of addressing the various challenges like food scarcity and improving the development allocation upwards which is key,” said Hon. Johnson Osoi.
“We are scaling up food production to fight continuous famine in the County by introducing household agricultural production. We are also revamping livestock production by allocating sh.96million for the purpose of hay production, ” said Michael Semera, adding that the allocation for livestock pegged for sh26million will be used to support dairy farming across the County.
The CEC finance also said that to tap into local youth talent the government has allocated whooping sh.30million to help in completion of the Ngong Stadium. He said youth and women have also been allocated sh.15million for the purpose of supporting their economic ventures.
Semera assured the Assembly that revenue collection will be scaled to sh1.58billion.
“We call for efficient implementation and fairness in award of contracts, the companies considered need to be properly supervised and deliver as required for the sake of the people, that is what is considered development,” said Hon Moses Saoyo Kusero.
Hon. Onesmus Ngogoyo lauded the CEC finance for increasing the development allocation to 47 per cent up from 30 per cent.

The County Government of Kajiado invites sealed tenders from eligible candidates for the provision of Insurance Brokerage Services for Movable and Immovable Assets for a period of one year.
Interested bidders may obtain further information and inspect the Tender documents at the Procurement office during normal working hours
The tender document can be viewed and downloaded free of charge from the County Government Website at www.kajiado.go.ke
Completed tender documents (original and Copy) are to be enclosed in plain sealed envelope clearly marked with the “Tender No.’ and the ‘Description of the tender’ and be addressed to:
CECM, Finance and Economic Planning
County Government of Kajiado
P.O. Box 11-01100
Kajiado, Kenya.
and be deposited in the Tender Box situated at the procurement office on or before, 20th April 2016 at 12.00 (Noon). EOI documents will be opened thereafter in the presence of the tenderers’ representatives who choose to attend at the Procurement Office

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MCA’s Posing for a photo with The Finance and Economic Planning Honorable Keswe Mapena yesterday evening before reading the financial year2015/2016 budget.

The County Government of Kajiado today has approved a 6.5 billion shillings budget presented by the Executive for the 2015/2016 financial year.
The County government projected equitable a budget comprising of own revenue of 1 billion and a 4.4 billion equitable share from the National treasury.
The Executive committee member for finance and Economic planning Honorable Keswe Mapena arrived at the county assembly headquarters at 5pm and read the budget and surprisingly was endorsed without any amendments.
A surprised Mapena was cheered by MCA’s throughout the entire time he was reading the financial statement and on being through ,the County law makers approved it in its entirely.
The MCA’s however pulled a surprised moved when they passed a vote all the 21 pages of the budget statement must be signed before being forwarded to the County Governor to assent it into law.
Meanwhile The Budget and appropriation Committee chairman Honorable Henry Kimiti and Deputy speaker Honorable George Sunkuyia said the house decided to give the executive all the money it had asked for but with clear pointers that the assembly will monitor it’s expenditure.