Had a very interesting & insightful meeting with Dr. Fitsum Assefa Adela, Ethiopian Minister of Planning and Development Commission, in Addis Ababa. Exchanged views on issues related to dev’t, planning, economic growth, investment & other areas of mutual interest @MoPIED_Somalia
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“It is a formula that treats the same level of needs and allocates resources accordingly. We have redefined a number of parameters that ensure counties are clustered by their expenditure needs in health, water, health, urban services and so forth,”
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Ten counties under the Frontier Counties Development Council @FCDCKenya have opposed a new formula for disbursement of funds proposed by the Commission on Revenue Allocation.@CRAKenya
The commission’s chairperson Jane Kiringai said she hoped the new formula will not only lead to more prudent management of resources but also ensure prioritisation of projects and motivate counties to improve revenue collection by rewarding those that collect the most.
CRA has devised a method that will make sure that the poor should get poorer. Madam Jane of CRA is doing exactly what she was “employed” to do by her masters. 1st was Equilisation fund and now the Revenue sharing formula. Next will be ......... https://t.co/Sq8evVSVXN