In an effort to ensure the effectiveness in the utilization of the County Development Fund (CDF) and the Social Development Fund (SDF) which are jointly known as the County Social Development Fund (CSDF), the House of Representatives is reviewing a proposed law to amend a portion of the budget law to be protected from constant changes on an annual basis. The draft law is named: “An Act to Establish a National County Social Development Fund (CSDF) or Stand Alone Law.”The stipulation of the CDF for each county is US$200,000 in the fiscal budget and the Social Development Fund (SDF) involves payments emanating from Concession Agreements. The House’s Plenary voted to send CSDF’s Stand Alone Law to the Joint Committee on Judiciary and the Ways, Means, Finance and Development Planning for critical revision and will report to Plenary within two weeks. The CSOs claimed that all the funds allocated in the budget directly to counties as National County Social Development Funds, in the tone of US$3m (US$200,000 for each county). But, the USAID-funded LAVI partners want members of the House of Representatives and the Senate to sidestep themselves being chairpersons of the CDSF sittings to avoid political influence and encourage increased citizens participation in economic and fiscal decision-making.

Source: Daily Observer February 18, 2019 02:28 UTC