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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second this Report. I want to join my Chairperson in thanking the members of Finance and National Planning Committee for the Sitting we had on Monday. We had a very long sitting from 10.00 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. I want to say to the members, thank you very much. Secondly, in conducting this exercise, we were guided by the Constitution of Kenya 2010. Generally, and more specifically, we were guided by the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act No. 33 of 2011, and the CRA Act. We subjected the nominees to the usual test which is recommended by the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act No. 33 of 2011. One of the tests was a procedural test. We sought to confirm whether the procedures were followed in the appointment, and they all passed the test. Number two, we subjected them to academic qualifications test, which is recommended by the CRA Act, and all of them qualified. Number three was the integrity test. All of them were cleared by our institutions of integrity, from Director of the DCI, the EACC, and the KRA. Number four, we subjected them to suitability test. They appeared before us; we asked them different questions, and all of them in their own special ways, presented themselves well. They showed that they knew what they were going to do. They showed that they knew the mandate of CRA and, therefore, they passed the test. All of them, having passed all those tests, our committee recommended them to this House for approval. That is why we are asking this House to support the Report, approve the nominees and let us release them to go and start settling in. The CRA is a very important institution; the climax of the 2010 Constitution lies around here, because it is all about sharing of resources between the national Government and the county governments. It is about allocating the shared resources among the 47 counties of our country. This is a very important institution. The Commissioners are going to be performing a very important duty for our Republic. We are asking them to go and come back with a formula for sharing resources that is fair and acceptable to all the people of Kenya. I know we might not get 100 per cent, but they must be fair to ensure that everyone in Kenya, as per the mantra of the CRA, that no Kenyan should be left behind, is taken care of across our counties. Hon. Speaker, I want to ask the House to support the Report. They are going to do a very important job, and they promised to work with us, as a House, so that we achieve the objectives of this Commission. The functions of the Commission are clearly set out in Article 216 of our Constitution; the main one being sharing of revenue both vertically and horizontally. Vertical in the sense of sharing between national and county governments, and among the counties. I want to ask the House to support the Report, approve the nominees and release them to go and start settling in and do the job for this country. Hon. Speaker, with those few remarks, I second."
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