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    "id": 807311,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Chrisantus Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This is a very important Bill. We normally have the Division of Revenue Bill that shares the revenue between the national Government and the county governments. After the Division of Revenue, we come to the County Allocation of Revenue Bill which provides the horizontal sharing of revenue among counties. The Division of Revenue Bill gave Kshs372.74 billion that is supposed to be shared horizontally among the county governments. This Bill is very critical because the amount of money that is being given and in line with Article 111 of the Constitution, this House is supposed to have concurrence with the Senate. This House cannot rubberstamp what the Senate has passed. We are coming up with this money based on Article 217 of the Constitution which gives a provision for the sharing formula. I agree with Hon. Amos Kimunya who mentioned something. We need to review this formula continually so that there is equity. The circumstances that were there historically have changed with the passage of time. When you go to Turkana right now, there is oil. So, it is not the same things. When you look at the sharing of that oil, there is specific percentage that goes to Turkana. That is just an example I am giving. We cannot continue having a formula without reviewing. Back to the Budget and Appropriations Committee, the Commission for Revenue Allocation had requested for money to review this. Unfortunately, the Budget and Appropriations Committee did not allocate this money. I am humbly requesting that when we will be debating the Appropriations Bill, we must give a provision so that this formula can be reviewed. Another board is the IBEC chaired by the Deputy President. It plays a very critical role when it comes to revenue sharing, I am saying this because you find that some counties are not being allocated enough money. That is why it is important to have continues review of that formula. We only realise devolution based on this County Allocation Revenue Bill. We are calling upon our governors to deliver services to the people. His Excellency the President is on the front line in the fight agonist corruption. He gave an executive direction that all the procurement and accounting officers should step aside for vetting purposes. The Judiciary have implemented that directive. Even here in Parliament, the directive has been implemented, but when you go the county governments, the procurement and the accounting officers have not stepped aside for vetting. The question is: Does it mean the county government is an exception to the executive order? That is the question we are asking. As this money goes to the ground, we want service delivery. We are not getting services equivalent to the money going to the counties. We are calling upon the governors wherever they to ensure that there is service delivery. His Excellency the President has gone ahead to call for the lifestyle audit. These governors must do the lifestyle audit. It must be extended to the kin because we have seen clever ones using the accounts of their wives, their sons or their relatives. We are calling upon the relevant bodies that are going to do the lifestyle audit to expand that net. Anyone who has misappropriated public funds must be surcharged as per Article 226. Coming to the county revenue, the municipalities were raising money but all of a sudden, counties are not raising revenue. There is a drastic reduction of the revenue that is supposed to be raised by counties. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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