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    "id": 1157826,
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    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Makali Mulu",
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "of Revenue Bill. Lastly, the explanatory notes on Clause 4 of the Bill will be maintained to explain the schedules attached to the Bill. The approval of this Bill will unlock Kshs39 billion additional allocations for the Financial Year 2021/2022 which the counties have not been able to access due to the lack of a legislative instrument for the facilitation of the transfer of these funds. These allocations are majorly financed by development partners such as the World Bank, the EU and Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA). They cover issues on health, agriculture, water and sanitation programmes which are very crucial to improved service delivery at the counties. As I conclude, I would like to thank Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, more so Members of the Mediation Committee, for their insightful contributions in coming up with this Report and the Bill. I urge the House to approve the County Governments Additional Allocation Bill to facilitate the transfer of funds to the counties. Those Hon. Members who have checked the so called 411 must have seen the Council of Governors is already complaining and requesting the National Assembly to fast-track this Bill so that they access this Kshs39 billion which they are not able to access unless this Bill is passed. A number of things came up during mediation. I want just to single one which I think is very important. In the process of discussing this Bill, there was an agreement between the representatives of the two Houses that, when these additional resources, loans and grants are provided by either development partners or the national Government, there seems to be a skewed allocation of resources to specific counties. Everybody was questioning the issue of equitable distribution of the resources. So, this is one of the areas which was very contentious. It is an area that meant the Senate takes so long to agree with us. As we move to the future, it will be important that we think of another Bill which will ensure that there is fairness in distribution as we distribute these additional resources to the counties. If you analyse the distribution, you will realise that there are some counties which do not get these resources unless it is clearly stated that they are for every county. I think this is an area we urge the Hon. Members on as we pass this Bill. As we move into the future, this is an area we need to consider. Hon. Speaker, I also urge Members to really support these amendments we have agreed on. Both Houses have agreed. The faster we approve this Bill as a House, the better for the counties because they will be able to access the resources once the Bill is signed. With those many remarks, I move and request Hon. Naisula Lesuuda to second and plead with the Members that we approve this Bill. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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