Senators have once again lost their long fight to secure Sh1 billion annually to oversee the devolved units after MPs annulled new regulations on the use of the fund.
The National Assembly committee on Delegated Legislation has recommended that the Public Finance (Senate Monitoring and Evaluation) Regulations, 2018 “be annulled in entirety.”
The regulations sought to establish a fund that will enable the Senate to effectively monitor the use of the share of national government revenue allocated to county governments annually.
“The purpose of the Statutory Instrument is to provide a legal framework for the establishment, administration and disbursement of the Senate Monitoring and Evaluation Fund and to facilitate senators to carry out monitoring and evaluation and impact assessment activities at county level in the context of Article 96 of the Constitution,” Jeremiah Nyegenye, the Clerk of the Senate, said in a note accompanying the new rules dated March 21, 2018.
Gladys Shollei, who chairs the committee on Delegated Legislation, said the regulations, drafted by the Parliamentary Service Commission secretary and Senate Clerk, are inconsistent with section 205 of the Public Finance Management Act which empowers the Cabinet Secretary to make regulations pursuant to the Act.
Ms Shollei said the regulations are discriminatory.
“Article 93 of the Constitution establishes Parliament as both the National Assembly and the Senate.
The PFM regulations 2018…establishes a monitoring and evaluation fund specific only to the Senate, thereby excluding members of the National Assembly, who also require similar facilitation to effectively undertake their oversight role,” Ms Shollei said.
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