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    "id": 1015697,
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    "speaker_name": "Kieni, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kanini Kega",
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        "legal_name": "James Mathenge Kanini Kega",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As I reply, I want to thank all the Members who have contributed on this Motion. You have given a lot of information and supported the Motion but, of course, with a lot of reservations which we had also observed in our Report. I want to make it very clear that this is not a formula from where I sit. It is more of a political formula. We beseech the other House that maybe by next year, they relook at this and come up with a scientific formula. They have based this formula on a promise of a moving target, that is, Kshs370 billion which, of course, is the responsibility of this House, not the other House to set the vertical division of revenue. So, we hope that they will be able to address those issues. Finally, the Senate took one-and-a-half years to deliberate on a very simple thing. To me and even to the Committee, there is nothing that they did because even in this Financial Year 2020/2021, we will not use this formula. We will use the figures that were done in the Financial Year 2019/2020. Since we do not want to be seen to be the House that is blocking the release of resources to go to the counties, we will do our part. We also hope that they will fast-track the County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA) so that by next week, we are able to also pass that, but with the caution that by next year, the Senate will revisit this issue and give the country a scientific formula. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to reply."
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