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    "id": 1051956,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 373,
        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
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    "content": "For the time I have been in this in Parliament because I was in the National Assembly in the last two Parliaments, I cannot find a situation where the National Treasury has incorporated the report of Parliament in its final report of the BPS. It seems like a ritual, we make the recommendations, highlight the report using flowery language and nice economic words. Year in, year out, it is the same and it is reported to them, but nothing takes place. The relevance that we have as the Senate or in the National Assembly is when it comes to the issues of DORA and CARA. It is only at that time that the figures are subjected to discussion by Parliament. Then you have protracted discussions between ourselves, the National Treasury and other arms of Government. As has been said before me, going forward, the National Assembly and the Senate must find a way of working together. This is so that a joint report of Parliament, as envisaged under Section 25(7) of the Public Finance Management Act, be submitted to the National Treasury and be defended as Parliament jointly. The disjoint between our reports and no acceptance by the National Treasury is because we are a divided House. Therefore, the National Treasury will take whatever is easier before them. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Division of Revenue Act (DoRA) or County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA), because it is appended to the report, is a very important function of Parliament, more so of the Senate. We remember very well that in the last Budget Policy Statement (BPS) and the Division of Revenue Bill between the discussions of budget, we had protracted discussions in this House in as far as DoRA is concerned. Before we went to the DoRA, we came through the formula which, of course, is a precursor every five years for DoRA. I must congratulate ourselves, as the Senate, for having stood firm during that time and actually made a difference. For the first time, this House took a view that is nationalistic. We managed to come up with something which was good for this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is at the end that the Executive came and realized that there was no way forward. A promise was made that we were going to get Kshs370 The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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