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sibility of the department to initiate and guide county budgetary resources. revenue offices and trained revenue staff.
all sectors in the preparation of their budgets. • Maintain proper records for CRF, CEF and • Submission of monthly collection report.
The department also provides accounting, other public funds administered by the • Preparation of the revenue Bill.
auditing, revenue collection and procurement County Government. • Revenue automation: Installation of an elec-
services. • Monitor County Government entities. tronic system of revenue collection in hospi-
• Assist the County Government entities to tals.
The department’s focus is categorised into develop capacity. • Staff and capacity building: The department
seven broad areas defined as units, namely • Provide the National Treasury with informa- increased the number of staff to enhance
Internal Audit, Procurement, Treasury, Rev- tion. effective service delivery and carried out
enue, Economic Planning, Budgeting, Special • Issue circulars. capacity building of all other staffs through
Programme and Disaster Management. Each • Advise County Government executives, training.
unit is headed by a director.
County executive committees, and the • Training of accountants, internal auditors,
Our mission County Assembly on financial matters. and procurement officers, among other staff.
• Strengthen financial and fiscal relations be- • Preparation of sectoral budget and other
To mobilise resources, ensure prudent man- tween the National Government and County annual plans: The department prepared the
agement of resources and provide leadership Government in performing its function. Budget Review Outlook Paper and Fiscal
in development planning and tracking of re- • Report regularly to the County Assembly on Strategy Paper for 2013/2014, 2014/2015,
sults.
the implementation of annual county budget. and 2015/2016.
Mandate • Prepared the Appropriation and Finance Acts
Milestones which were duly submitted to the County As-
The mandate of the County Finance and Eco- The Ministry of Finance has so far managed to sembly for ratification.
nomic Planning Department entails giving accomplish the following: • Prepared the 2013, 2014,2015 and 2016 Fi-
technical support and guiding other depart- • Streamlining of payment processes and nance Bills.
ments in financial and economic planning. devolving of treasury services to all depart- • Prepared the Revenue Bill.
The CEC member provides leadership and ments and sub-counties. • Responded to humanitarian issues and set-
strategic policy direction, while the Chief Of- • Devolving of budget execution and imple- tlement of IDPs: The department constructed
ficer manages and coordinates all activities of mentation services to all ministries - the re- 250 housing units for IDPs in Rhamu and in-
the department. He is also the accounting and current and development budget is now stalled water and power systems for the 250
authorised officer of the department.
controlled at ministerial level. Other treasury units for all IDPs.
The mandate of the department is to: services devolved include revenue collec- • Carrying out monthly and routine distributions
• Implement financial and economic policies tion, procurement services, vote book, asset of relief foods to 3,000 IDP households.
in the County. management, among other services. • Construction of housing units for the Adminis-
• Prepare annual budget. • Installation of a vote book system by the tration Police (AP) camp at Arda Garbicha to
• Mobilise resources. treasury for all ministries, as well as putting improve peace and security for IDPs in that
• Manage the County Government’s public in place stringent internal controls to ensure area.
debt and other obligations, as well as de- effective service delivery. • Infrastructure development: To improve ser-
velop a debt control framework. • Computerised the department’s functions vice delivery and better working conditions
• Consolidate annual appropriation accounts and operations by adopting IFMIS in its op- for staff, the department constructed the
and other financial statements of the County erations. County treasury block that houses the pro-
Government. • Installation of an internal financial tracking curement and internal audit departments. It
• Be custodian of the inventory of the County system to monitor County finances and ex- did also fenced the county treasury block to
Government’s assets. penditures. The system aims at complement- ensure security of the premises.
• Ensure compliance with accounting ing IFMIS and e-procurement in streamlining • Managing cost: After completion of the new
standards prescribed by the Accounting reporting, monitoring and evaluation of Coun- procurement office, the department consoli-
Standards Board. ty finances. dated procurement, budget and internal au-
• Ensure proper management and control • Revenue mobilisation: The finance depart- dit departments under one roof. As a result,
of, and accounting for the finances of the ment launched effective revenue manage- the county has closed all rented offices for
County Government and its entities in order ment to maximise tax collection, facilitate these three sub-departments and saved on
to promote efficient and effective use of transparency and seal existing tax loopholes. rental expenditure.
• Ensured all sub-counties have fully-fledged