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    "content": "I rise to support this Bill. It is important that counties get their money as early as possible. That is extremely important for devolution. I want to raise a very fundamental point. I am happy the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee is here. I wish he would listen to this. The County Allocation of Revenue Bill follows the Division of Revenue Bill that we discuss. It actually comes from the Budget Policy Statement. However, you know there has always been an issue of what the Senate has passed and what we have passed. That is until they came up with the formula. I see one basic thing to address in our devolution if we are going to help counties to get money. My issue on this has been that the Budget Policy Statement in this country is just for the national government, and it does not include county governments. Why do I say that? By the time we go through the Budget Policy Statement, the national government’s MDAs have given us all their requirements in extreme details so we know what they need. What do we have from the counties? Nothing. That is left on the not less than the 15 per cent share of revenue raised nationally and the CRA is supposed to be discussed at the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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