Development unit publishes rules to guide public projects
PHOTO | PHOEBE OKAL National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich (left) addresses journalists at Harambee house in Nairobi during a cabinet briefing on April 2, 2014.
What you need to know:
- National level PPP regulations have been subjected to stakeholder discussion and are awaiting approval from the Attorney General before proceeding to Parliament for discussion.
The Public Private Partnership Unit has drafted rules to govern the rolling out of government projects. The laws stipulate the process of approval of PPP projects both at the county and national levels.
“Once the rules come into effect, they will add value in terms of completing the PPP engagement. We are currently extracting the broad principles from the PPP Act,” said the legal expert for the team, Mr Tuimising’ Ronoh.
The laws are in two sets: Those touching on projects at national level and others on county works.
“For the purpose of the devolved government, we have come up with a set of regulations to guide the implementation of county projects under the PPP framework.
“These will be used exclusively for projects that are fully funded by the counties. However, for those that receive funding from the national government, the regulations for national PPP projects will be applied,” said Mr Ronoh.
National level PPP regulations have been subjected to stakeholder discussion and are awaiting approval from the Attorney General before proceeding to Parliament for discussion.
They are expected to be in force in the next two months while those relating to county projects are expected to come into effect by August.
“We are adding other funding options in order to meet our development requirements. We are also relying heavily on the private sector to deliver some of our development programmes,” said National Treasury Cabinet secretary Henry Rotich during a self-assessment of his docket.
So far, the PPP Unit has not cleared any project for implementation because there are no guiding rules.
In January, the unit published 47 projects that will be implemented under the PPP framework in the energy, transport and infrastructure, education, health services, security, marine transport, irrigation, and water sectors.
A project facilitation fund to support economically viable PPP projects to attain bankability status is being set up in the Treasury and is expected to be operational in the next six months.
