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    "id": 1016897,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, Standing Order No.41 requires the Speaker to expeditiously report to the House any Messages received from the Senate. In this regard, I wish to report to the House that on Friday, 18th September 2020, I received a Message from the Senate regarding the approval of the third basis for allocation of the share of national revenue among county governments in accordance with Article 217(3) of the Constitution. The Message states that the Senate resolved inter alia: “That the third basis for allocating among counties the share of national revenue that is annually allocated to the county level of governments for the Financial Year 2020/2021 to 2024/2025 shall consist of the allocation ratio and the formula”. The allocation ratio refers to the sharable revenue allocated to the counties in the Financial Year 2019/2020 and the formula contains parameters and the respective various thresholds to be considered in determining the criteria for the horizontal distribution of the sharable revenue among the 47 county governments. The parameters contained in the formula include population, health, agriculture, urban, poverty, land area, roads and the basic share. The Message containing the specific formula is as published by the Clerk on the parliamentary website and circulated to all Members. As you will appreciate, the basis for revenue sharing among county governments is a very critical element in facilitating the seamless execution of the devolved functions of our county governments. It is for this reason that, as soon as I received the Message, I thereupon invoked the provisions of Standing Order No.1 and existing precedents. This resulted in my immediate forwarding and committal of the Message, together with accompanying third basis for revenue allocation formula, to the Budget and Appropriations Committee for consideration. I am aware that the Clerk of the National Assembly has since published the formula in local dailies and sought submissions of public views by a way of a memoranda in keeping with requirements of Article 118 of the Constitution. As the Chairperson of the House Business Committee, I reiterate my undertaking which I made through my Communication No.53 of 2020 on unlocking funds transfer to the county The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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