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    "id": 1151203,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1151203/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13179,
        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
        "slug": "farhiya-ali-haji"
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    "content": "The principle object of the Bill is for allocation among counties the share of revenue that is annually allocated to the county level of government for the next Financial Year 2022/2023 and to facilitate the transfer of county allocations from the Consolidated Fund to the respective county revenue funds. Pursuant to Article 217 of the Constitution, the Senate in September, 2020, approved the third basis of revenue sharing among counties of the national revenue allocated to the county level of government. Further, Article 96(3) of the Constitution require that the Senate determines the allocation of the national revenue among counties. The Bill provides the equitable allocation of revenue to counties based on this basis. The Bill allocates Kshs370 billion among counties as this is the equitable share in DORA for Financial Year 2022/2023. The allocation among counties is set in the first schedule to the Bill. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Second Schedule outlines county governments budget ceilings for recurrent expenditure in Financial Year 2022/2023. This provision is meant to enforce adherence to Section 107(2) of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012. The Bill proposes budget ceilings on recurrent expenditure in the Financial Year 2022/2023. The county executives’ recommended ceiling is at Kshs28,486,731,674 and county assemblies’ ceiling at Kshs34,493,121,001. The Committee extensively considered the recommendations of the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA), requests by the County Assemblies Forum (CAF), Society of Clerks at the Table (SOCATT) and various county assemblies on the county level of Government recurrent expenditure ceilings for the Financial Year 2022/2023. In considering the stakeholders’ submissions, the Committee made several critical observations. First, the increase in the county executive recurrent expenditure ceiling from Kshs26.70 billion approved in the Financial Year 2021/22 to proposed Kshs28.48 billion for Financial Year 2022/23 is mainly due to the need to provide operational costs for the office of the County Attorney. The decrease in county assembly recurrent expenditure ceiling from Kshs35.65 billion which was approved in the Financial Year 2021/22 to proposed Kshs34.49 billion for Financial Year 2022/23 is due to- The salaries and associated benefits to Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) of the next assemblies will start at the base. This means that this is their first year of employment and the progressions will be less than the current MCAs who are at level five. The difference is between salaries for all the county assemblies from the first year to the five years as per this current financial year. The determination of salaries of county assembly staff which includes salaries, pension and allowances by CRA was based on optimum numbers instead of the actual number of employees. Notwithstanding, the decrease in the county assembly recurrent expenditure ceiling, the provision for training and induction of new MCAs have been adjusted from five to 10 per cent of the total personnel emoluments. The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) penalizes county governments for a delay in filing Pay As You Earn (PAYE) returns, even though the delay is occasioned by late"
}