{"id":4920,"date":"2024-12-06T05:05:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T05:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/?p=4920"},"modified":"2024-12-06T05:05:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T05:05:50","slug":"hon-teddy-mwambire-sounds-alarm-over-county-assembly-funding-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/2024\/12\/06\/hon-teddy-mwambire-sounds-alarm-over-county-assembly-funding-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Hon. Teddy Mwambire Sounds Alarm Over County Assembly Funding Cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-12-05-at-11.59.47-AM-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-12-05-at-11.59.47-AM-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-12-05-at-11.59.47-AM-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-12-05-at-11.59.47-AM-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-12-05-at-11.59.47-AM-1200x800.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-12-05-at-11.59.47-AM.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By John Waithaka<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hon. Teddy Mwambire, the Speaker of Kilifi County Assembly, has raised serious concerns over the recent signing of the &#8220;Division of Revenue Allocation Bill&#8221; (DORA) by the President. According to Hon. Mwambire, the drastic reduction in budgetary allocations for County Assemblies threatens to paralyze their operations and undermine the essence of devolution in Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While acknowledging the President\u2019s constitutional mandate to sign DORA into law, Hon. Mwambire criticized the lack of consultation with County Assemblies before the decision was finalized. \u201cLooking at the huge amounts reduced in terms of our ceilings, it\u2019s evident that our assemblies will be unable to operate,\u201d he stated. \u201cWe should have been involved to share our views before such decisions were made and executed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hon. Mwambire warned that these cuts represent one of the most challenging moments for County Assemblies since the advent of devolution. He called on the Senate to reconsider its approach to County Assembly funding, emphasizing that &#8220;functions follow resources.&#8221; Without sufficient funding, he argued, County Assemblies would struggle to perform their legislative and oversight roles, weakening the entire framework of devolved governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis blatant removal of allocations signals a lack of goodwill,\u201d Hon. Mwambire lamented. \u201cWhen you cripple County Assemblies, you ultimately paralyze the other organs of devolution. Devolution is under very serious threat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hon. Mwambire urged all stakeholders to protect the spirit of devolution by addressing these financial challenges and ensuring inclusivity in decision-making processes. For him, safeguarding County Assemblies is critical to the survival and success of devolution, which millions of Kenyans depend on for essential services and development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By John Waithaka Hon. Teddy Mwambire, the Speaker of Kilifi County Assembly, has raised serious&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4922,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4920\/revisions\/4922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}