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    "id": 1077337,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Report of the Committee on the County Allocation of Revenue Bill that has been forwarded to us by our colleagues in the Senate. Members will recall that on 30th April this year, His Excellency the President assented to the Division of Revenue Bill which become the Division of Revenue Act and then triggered the next level which is the preparation of the horizontal allocation of the money across the 47 counties. This Parliament provided the required resources as Kshs370 billion which was promised last year just to ensure the formula can work. If Members remember, even after two years of working on this formula for the allocation of resources, the Senate seems to have shot themselves in the foot by creating that year one and year two this will happen, but it was pegged to the resources starting at Kshs370 billion. If this House did not provide that money or our revenue fell, we would have had a problem. I want to thank the President because in his wisdom, he guided that we start from Kshs370 billion to ensure the formula works for now. The issue that we need to appreciate is that devolution created division of functions in Schedule Four, which outlines some 14 functions, which are deemed to be very close to the people. These are health, water, livestock and trade, which are very close to the people and were devolved so that they can be provided at that level. The rest were then reserved for the national Government. One of the fundamental things about the issues of devolution is that the 14 functions, as Members may remember, are about the same services that were being provided within CAP 65 of the Local Governments Act. When they were devolved rather than decentralized, the finances had to follow the functions. Perhaps, this presents one of the dilemmas that we have as we look at this Schedule. All counties are expected to provide services which are also captured in the Bill of Rights in terms of health, certain infrastructure and water in sufficient quantities. 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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