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projects. There are some things like cattle dips and artificial insemination in such centers. Development of agriculture in the
location, coordinate rural electrification programmes in the location, establish new market centers, and manage existing ones in
the location.
We recommend farmers for development loans from various funding bodies, and some other minor projects. Now, what are
the sources revenue for the locational council? The locational council should be fincanced by the mother Council. Auditing
should be made every year, and the results made public. Auditing in the councils should be done by expert accountants from
the council, and independent auditors. The sources of revenue should be from the parent Councils as I had said, from market
fees from the market in the area, and development levy from the every adult in the location, from Forest products in their area
that means some natural resources, which they have within that area, and some miscellaneous incomes.
Constitution of the councils: The location councils should be legally constituted and should have elected councilors, of which a
third of them should be women. Councilors should be elected by votes, by the residents of the location. Their renumeration
will be made by the councils. Their duties will be to formulate the day-to-day running of the council affairs, and to initiate
development strategies and their implementation. The Chairman of the location council should be elected through popular votes
by the wananchi in the location. Wananchi should be empowered by the Constitution to remove their councilors who do not
work to their expectation, before his term of office expires, and to hold a by-election. Two-thirds of the electorate in the
sub-unit will be enough to call a by-election of a councilor.
County Councils: County Councils should be stablished in the constitution as it is. District County Councils will deal with the
running of development matters within the District. Some of them should be the managaement of primary schools and district
secondary schools in the country, management of district hospitals, management of trunk and secondary roads, etc.
Sources of revenue for the county council: A secondary grass root establishment in the district and one that is closer to the
wanainchi, than the Central Government. The County Council should share tax revenue with the Central Government, at a ratio
to be determined by Parliament. The ratio of tax revenue should be much higher than that of the Government because they will
take over almost three quarters of the Government financial functions in the given Districts.
The accountablility of the funds and revenue received and spent should be manangaed by the Council. It should be made
mandatory that Councils employ qualified and competent staff to run their finances.
Com. Lenaola: Give your last two points.
Paul Rintari Ngaruthi: No Let me just----- -
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