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    "id": 736475,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to comment on the Division of Revenue Bill. I have said it before that the problem we are dealing with is a structural one. It started at the time we were going through the budget process at the Budget Policy Statement. When we go to the Budget Policy Statement, there is adequate information that Parliament has in terms of the requirements at the national level. At that time, there is no information at all on what the requirement at the county level will be because of the Constitution as we have it now. Although there is some interaction at the Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council (IBEC) which would then come to Parliament so that, at times, there is some input which should be available to the Senate, we may have to look at the Constitution to see if we could have early consultations during the budget process that could make it possible for us to know the requirements from both sides. Unless we do that, we are likely to get into this kind of a problem again and again. I want to make an appeal that we go through the process and fast-track everything through the House Business Committee (HBC) and all other procedures. We should look at the process so that we put in place early consultation mechanisms before we get to this stage."
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