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    "id": 1173211,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, Article 202 (2) of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, stipulates that the county government may be given additional allocations from the National governments share of the revenue either conditionally or unconditionally. Further, pursuant to Article 191 of the Constitution, Parliament is obliged to legislate on matters, which would ensure that county governments have adequate them perform their function. Mr. Speaker, Sir, therefore, to provide the additional allocation finance by National government share of revenue and proceeds of loans and grants from the development partner and to provide for additional allocations for the FY 2022/2023. Upon enactment, the legal instrument will facilitate the transfer of conditional and non-conditional allocation made to counties from the consolidated fund to the respective county revenue funds and special purpose accounts. The total additional allocation in the Bill amounts to Kshs42.831 billion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, while considering the Bill, the Committee invited the public, the stakeholders, the National Treasury, Commission of Revenue Allocation (CRA), Council of Governors (CoG), County Assembly Forum (CAF), Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK), The Institute of Social Accountability (TISA) and the Institute of Budget Partnership (IBP) Kenyan Chapter. These stakeholders submitted their comments on the Bill and their recommendations have been captured in the Committee Report. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee observed that there is a variance between the proposed allocation submitted by the National Treasury during the consideration of the 2022 Budget Policy Statement and the proposed allocations submitted in the Budget Estimates. This has led to a huge difference in the allocations in the Bill and the actual allocation submitted by Ministry Departments and Agencies (MDAs) through the National Treasury. The Bill proposes to allocate county governments additional allocations amounting to Kshs5.65billion from the National Government share of revenue raised in the line with Article 202 (2) of the Constitution. These allocations were provided in the First Schedule, comprising of supplements of construction of county governments headquarters, Kshs454million. The allocation was towards Nyandarua, Tana-River, Tharaka-Nithi, Isiolo and Lamu counties; leasing of Medical equipment amounting to Kshs5.2 billion, with each county receiving Kshs110.4 million. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Second Schedule relates to additional finance proceeds of loans and grants from development partners in the FY 2022/2023. After consultation The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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