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    "id": 1152094,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13179,
        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Allocation of Revenue Bill (Senate Bills No.1 of 2022), and the mediated version of The County Governments Grants Bill. Sen. Cherargei, I would like you to listen to this because it is one of the things you had commented on. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Mediation Committee on the County Governments Grants Bill, 2021, held a total of four meetings and tabled a report including an agreed version of the Bill that was passed by the Senate on Thursday, 31st March, 2022 and by the National Assembly on Thursday, 7th April, 2022. The Bill has been passed by the National Assembly. I wanted Sen. Cherargei to hear that because he challenged us and wondered whether the Bill would ever be passed by the National Assembly. Mr. Speaker, Sir, while deliberating on the Bill, the Committee held a consultative meeting with the following key stakeholders- (a) The National Treasury and Planning, (b) The Commission of Revenue Allocation (CRA), (c) The Council of Governors (CoG) represented by the Governor of Laikipia County, and (d) The Controller of Budget. Among notable recommendations made by the Mediation Committee were- (a) That the Title of the Bill be changed to the County Government Additional Allocation Bill. (b) That the Bill be an annual legislation. As you may recall, one of the areas of contention is that Members of the National Assembly wanted this Bill to be one-off just like any other. However, Members of the Senate insisted that the Bill be annual, just like the County Allocation of Revenue Bill and the Division of Revenue Bill. This is because grants come on an annual basis and there has to be a budget where the Senate can do a follow up in terms of implementation status. The oversight by the Senate is critical, which would not have been possible without the amendment by the National Assembly because it would be allocated to different Ministries. That meant we would fish from each Ministry the amount allocated to the county governments even if we wanted to oversight the funds. That was a major achievement by this House to ensure the Bill is done annually. That is a clarification I wanted Senators to know, so that at least they appreciate the magnitude of the issues that were discussed. (c) That yearly, the National Treasury shall submit to Parliament, the County Government Additional Allocation Bill, in addition to the Division of Revenue Bill and the County Allocation Revenue Bill. (d) That the Bill ought to obligate the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for the National Treasury and Planning to provide monthly reports on the disbursement of funds allocated to counties under this legislation. With the approval of the agreed version of the Bill by both Houses, the legislative instrument enabled County Governments to access the Kshs39 billion additional allocations earmarked for the FY 2021/2022. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee is considering the following Statements-"
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