How CDF money will be distributed

 

Parliament in session. The 290 constituencies will get Sh20.9 billion this financial for projects that the CDF must approve. Photo/FILE  NATION MEDIA GROUP

By EDWIN MUTAI

In Summary

• A list tabled in Parliament by CDF chairman Moses Lesonet shows that Kinango, a coastal constituency, will get Sh171 million while Baringo South will get Sh43.8 million.
• Other constituencies that will get huge allocations are Kisauni and Mandera North (Sh112 million) Lunga Lunga (Sh124 million), Magarini (Sh149m), Mandera North (Sh159 million) and Turkana West (Sh143 million).
• Those that got allocations below Sh50 million include Keiyo North, Narok South, Kangema and Budalangi.

Kinango constituency will take the lion’s share of the Sh21.97 billion Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) cash while Baringo South will get the least.

A list tabled in Parliament by CDF chairman Moses Lesonet shows that Kinango, a coastal constituency, will get Sh171 million while Baringo South will get Sh43.8 million.

Other constituencies that will get huge allocations are Kisauni and Mandera North (Sh112 million) Lunga Lunga (Sh124 million), Magarini (Sh149m), Mandera North (Sh159 million) and Turkana West (Sh143 million).

Those that got allocations below Sh50 million include Keiyo North, Narok South, Kangema and Budalangi.

Mr Lesonet told MPs to forward the list of projects selected for funding in the 2013/14 financial year for approval.

Devolution and Planning Cabinet secretary Anne Waiguru said the total allocation for CDF in the current financial year totals Sh21.973 billion representing 2.5 per cent of the government ordinary revenue.

The CDF Board secretariat will get Sh1.1 billion while the 290 constituencies will get Sh20.9 billion representing 95 per cent of the kitty.

Ms Waiguru said the funds were allocated to the constituencies using five parameters. Population took the largest share of Sh9.29 billion representing 45 per cent of the weights.

Poverty index share amounted to Sh4.2 billion representing 20 per cent of the revenue to constituencies while land area got Sh1.7 billion and Basic Equal Share was allocated Sh5.2 billion (25 per cent).

Fiscal responsibility was allocated Sh417.5 million representing two per cent of the money. Ms Waiguru said the fiscal discipline parameter is an inducement factor to reward constituencies that practice prudent management of the financial resources.

“This factor is used to share out two per cent of 95 per cent net CDF. Given that there is no factor on fiscal discipline parameter yet, the two per cent of this budget is divided equally among the 290 constituencies,” she said in the brief tabled in Parliament.

Population index

She said the poverty contribution index was adjusted using the urban rural population factor, where the rural population constituted 68 per cent while urban is 32 per cent of the whole population.

“For all the urban constituencies the poverty weight is equivalent to 0.47 while those in rural areas is 1,” the brief states.

She said the population share index is generated by taking the number of people in a constituency divided by the total population in the country.