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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to also make my contribution in this Bill that is before us. County governments get their resources from three main revenue sources. There is their own generated revenue resource, the equitable share which is a big revenue source and the one we are currently debating which is the Additional Revenue Allocation. In the current financial year, the amount of money allocated under the equitable share is Kshs370 billion. The amount of money that we are passing in the additional revenue allocation has two headings. There is the amount of money that is given through the national Government. Apart from the Kshs370 billion, the national Government can decide to allocate more under the Additional Revenue Allocation Bill. We also have loans and grants that come under this Additional Revenue Allocations. The national Government under the heading of Additional Revenue Allocation has decided to allocate five county headquarters and have also allocated money for leasing medical equipment which the previous speaker has referred to. If this Kshs370 billion has already been allocated as Equitable Share and the national Government has further money to allocate to build five country headquarters and to counties to lease medical equipment, it means there is enough money that we can secure under the heading of Equitable Share. The Constitution says that the county government is entitled - at the very minimal - to get less than 15 percent in terms of the Equitable Share. The point I am making is that at Kshs370 billion, we are at 26 percent and still the national Government has been able to find more money under Additional Allocation heading to give five headquarter buildings as well as to pay billions of Kenya money for medical equipment leasing. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, instead of having the equitable share remain at 26 percent, under the new administration of His Excellency, (Dr.) William Ruto, county governments will see a huge leap from 26 percent to even 40 to 50 percent. We are saying this because the National level is giving Kshs370 billion and under Additional Revenue, they shall lease medical equipment for every county. They shall also build for us county headquarters because these are the things we are complaining about. What is the logic of this?"
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