A new proposal on the allocation of the National Government Constituency Development Funds (NG-CDF) could see 100 constituencies lose Ksh771 million if adopted.
The formula which is in the National Government Development Fund Amendment Bill 2019, proposes equal sharing of 75 percent of the annual allocation and the remaining funds distributed according to the number of wards in each constituency.
The committee recommended that the budget ceiling for each constituency be divided equally among all constituencies taking into account the number of wards in each constituency.
There are 1,450 wards in the country that would be considered in the disbursement of the money to constituencies.
"Using the annual allocation, 190 and 100 constituencies are better and worse off respectively," the committee stated with Turkana West set to receive the highest allocation at Ksh220Million and Lamu West the lowest at Ksh107 Million.
The amendments that have already been adopted by the National Assembly's Select Committee on the NG-CDF, will see 190 constituencies gain between Ksh6 Million and Ksh13 Million while the rest losing Ksh158,1455 to Ksh13 Million.
The formula is adopted from the county revenue sharing where the units get varying amounts based on a range of parameters such as population size, land area, health care, and roads.
Among the constituencies that will see their budgets slashed include Jomvu, Laisamis, Igembe South, Mwingi North and Kirinyaga Central.
"The formula for distribution should be clear, transparent and apply equally," the committee further recommended.
A revenue-sharing quagmire was experienced in the Senate when senators rejected the revenue sharing formula which would see some counties lose money.
The stalemate threatened to stall county operations. President Uhuru Kenyatta had to intervene on the issue by convening a meeting at State House. He went on to pledge to add Ksh50 billion to counties in the next financial year.
In the new law, counties were allocated a sum of Ksh369.87 billion in the current fiscal year which includes Ksh316.5 billion of equitable share and Ksh13.73 billion in conditional grants from the government.
