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    "id": 1000700,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kajiado South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Katoo ole Metito",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13239,
        "legal_name": "Janet Marania Teyiaa",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I hope my time is controlled. Members of EALA need to be facilitated to the level required for them to represent this country adequately. My last point is on the COVID-19 pandemic. There was a stimulus package of Kshs5 billion that was provided to counties. My concern is the way the money was shared. The Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) - and I would like to have the attention of the House - used the normal index in the allocation of monies to counties. The Kshs5 billion is an emergency fund. Therefore, the Commission should have focused on the relative threats the counties face. I am aware that by yesterday, 38 counties had registered cases of COVID-19 and only nine are remaining. It is our prayer that the remaining counties will not register any case. But the CRA should have divided the Ksh5 billion, which is an economic stimulus for that purpose, based on the relative threat the counties are facing. The CRA should have concentrated on the counties that are on the border from Isebania to Lungalunga, Kajiado, Taita Taveta, Kwale, Migori and Mandera on the other side, among others. I call upon the CRA and the Senate to review the formula that they have used to allocate the money to the counties. This is not the normal revenue allocation to counties, but an economic stimulus because of the prevailing emergency. They need to review the formula used and focus on the threat that the counties face. If you look at the number of infections of COVID-19 announced daily, counties at the border – like the ones I have mentioned - should have been given more resources because they report more cases because of being at the border. So, the CRA, the Senate and this House should review the formula and have in place a formula for sharing the emergency funds. This is because it is a one-off or a short-term issue based on the threats that counties face, as far as the pandemic is concerned. But when it comes to the normal revenue allocation, which is provided for in these Estimates, the normal allocation formula should apply. I beg to support. Thank you very much."
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