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    "id": 1120522,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "We are also getting pressure from our constituents who have benefited from those contracts and have not been paid. It is a painful thing during these difficult times if you have your money tied somewhere. However, we have to make sure that things are done properly for posterity, so that we do not just address short-term issues and getting into deeper problems. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the second generation formulae by Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) was passed by Parliament in June 2016 which identified 34 counties covering 7,131 sub locations in 107 constituencies. If my memory serves me right, I do not know how practical this distribution in this format is. I remember very well, the last on that list was a sub location in Murang’a County which was getting Ksh4 million. How do you administer Kshs4 million from this fund going to a sub location in a county where maybe that is the only beneficiary? Sometimes we have to see how practical it is to implement these funds. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I also remember in the Eleventh Parliament, the National Assembly did a constitutional amendment to put this fund under Constituency Development Fund (CDF) which was rejected by Senate and that is why it did not take effect. However, it is clear in the implementation of these regulations, the Public Finance Management Act 2012, Section 205 is clear on how it is done. My concern is maybe to the Chairperson of the Committee. Section 205 (6) says that the regulation will be deemed approved if any of the Houses does not approve or reject within 15 days after it has been submitted to the House. These regulations according to the report were submitted on 9th August, 2021. They were tabled on 7th September, 2021 before the Committee and now it is 28th September, 2021. When does the 15 days count? We might be discussing something whose fate has been accomplished already by not working within the 15 days. Maybe these regulations have kicked in. When the Chairperson will be replying, he should state to us whether we are still within the period of approving or already the thing has elapsed and taken effect or we are just doing an academic exercise here debating them."
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