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Item Influence of Fiscal Asymmetric Decentralization on Household Effects—A Review of Recent Literature.(2019) Munyua, Cyrus M.; Muchina, Stephen; Ombaka, BeatriceThe study is in line with Oates (1951), where fiscal decentralization is explained as the delegation of income and con-sumption powers from the central government to the devolved units, both local and national levels within the framework of decentralization. Fiscal decentralization is considered to be the panacea in eradicating poverty, particularly in devel-oping countries. This review entails the assessment of the influence of fiscal asymmetric decentralization on household effects. Specifically, the review looks at the interaction between budget efficacy, fiscal policy, and county treasury man-agement and household effects. Despite the fact that scholarly work has been conducted on all the concepts, arguably inadequate attention has been given to the influence of fiscal asymmetric decentralization on household effects. Further-more, scanty information was found on revenue disparity or financial planning attributes. In addition, not much has been done on fiscal control by subnational governments and self-fiscal reliance as counties continue to rely on funding from the national governments although counties have considerable potential to generate their own revenue. The challenges of comprehensive results are observed, and the study concludes that it appears critical to focus more on analysis that will establish the link of control theory and practice, which will need more firm and integrative study process.Item Influence of Fiscal Federalism as Budget Efficacy on Household Income in Kenya(2019-05-31) Munyua, Cyrus M.; Muchina, Stephen; Ombaka, BeatriceThe Theory of federalism suggests that a fiscal decentralization negatively affects the size of a government budget. Indeed, the size of the national budget in Kenya has been ballooning ever since the inception of fiscal decentralization. What is of concern to this study is its efficacy and ultimate effect on household income. The importance of the hypothesis of fiscal federalism was tested by adopting the Survey and Evaluation Program (NASSEP V) frame that the Kenya Bureau of Statistics currently operates to conduct household-based in Kenya. The study employed an inductive ex post facto cross sectional quantitative survey design. Secondary panel data was collected from County Treasuries while Primary data was collected through household surveys and Fiscal and Monetary Departments of county assemblies. The study established a significant association between budget efficacy and household income as indicated by a beta coefficient of 0.9021 and a p’ value of 0.000. The beta coefficient has positive sign, which indicates that there is a direct relationship between budget efficacy and household income. An increase in budget efficacy is expected to have a positive influence on household income. The findings of this study are expected to empower citizens through access of information on the real meaning and effects of fiscal asymmetric decentralization while policy makers will know the strength of the correlation between fiscal asymmetry and household effect in order to match monetary policy with the needs of lower government levels for implementation of the country’s financial framework.Item Fiscal Asymmetric Decentralization Conundrum: Influence of County Cash Management on Household Effects in Kenyav(2020) Munyua, Cyrus; Muchina, Stephen; Ombaka, BeatriceThis study aims at determining the influence of county cash management on household effects in Kenya. This is a qualitative research that has utilized both primary and secondary data from county governments and the National Treasury respectively. The sample has been developed from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics list of households in Kenya. The result indicates that effective cash management would enhance household welfare, leakages and lack of prioritization among others notwithstanding. The study concludes that there is need to enhance oversight of the treasury management across governments. The capacity of treasury managers should also be improved to secure fiscal discipline.