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    "id": 1021948,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Poghisio",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 202,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Losuron Poghisio",
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    "content": "resolution made by the Senate pursuant to Article 217 of the Constitution, considering that the second generation formula has lapsed. Madam Deputy Speaker, Article 224 of the Constitution provides that: - “On the basis of the Division of Revenue Bill approved by Parliament under Article 218, each county government shall prepare and adopt its own annual budget and appropriation Bill in the form, and according to the procedure, prescribed in an Act of Parliament.” However, while a reading of Article 224 would seem to imply that the budget process at the county level of government is determined by the Division of Revenue Bill, it should be noted that Article 224 is operationalized, where there is a subsisting basis for the horizontal allocation of the county governments’ share of nationally raised revenue among the counties. A consideration of this synopsis of events therefore reveals that with respect to this Financial Year, we are in a very unique situation where the vertical allocation of counties is ascertainable from the Division of Revenue Act, while the horizontal allocation determined by the County Allocation of Revenue Bill is yet to be ascertained as it is dependent upon the resolution of the Senate under Article 217 of the Constitution. Madam Deputy Speaker, the budget making process and allocation of revenue between the two levels of government is not merely an academic exercise. At the heart of public governance is the delivery of public services. The efficient and effective delivery of public services is dependent on resources. The delay in the passage of the County Allocation of Revenue Bill not only represents a delay in the transfer of funds to county governments, but is likely to result in the crippling of services at the county level of government. We are almost at the end of the first quarter of this financial year and no transfer has been made to county governments. A delay in the determination of allocations due to county governments will ex"
}