NG-CDF board wants changes in cash sharing formula Victor Raballa The National Government Constituency Development Funds (NG-CDF) board has proposed changes to the cash distribution formula aimed at improving the basis of sharing the fund and closing the poverty gap index among constituencies. In their submission to the National Assembly’s Select Committee on the NG-CDF, the board wants the allocation of funds per constituency to be varied in terms of needs and levels of poverty. NG-CDF director George ole Meshuko said the proposal which borrows from allocation of funds to the 47 counties intends to end the current system where all the 290 constituencies get a flat rate of Sh137 million per year. “If adopted by Members of Parliament, constituencies will get varying amounts based on a range of parameters such as population size, land area, health care and roads, among others,” he said. Marginalised areas Mr Meshuko, while reiterating that the kitty has transf
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President Uhuru Kenyatta arrives to inaugurate the 1.2-kilometre Liwatoni Pedestrian Floating Bridge in Mombasa County. The President was accompanied by Cabinet Secretary James Macharia (Transport), Mombasa County Governor Ali Hassan Joho and a host of local leaders. [PSCU, Standard]
President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga yesterday took their campaigns for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) to the Coast.
In Mombasa, Uhuru asked Kenyans to reject hypocrites out to lie for their political expediency and support the BBI, which, he said, will bring a long-lasting solution to politically instigated tribal clashes.
In Kwale, Raila described the Msambweni by-election slated for Tuesday next week as a litmus test on the popularity of the Bill to amend the Constitution.