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    "id": 1382893,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "id": 13588,
        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Members of the National Assembly supporting this proposal when we get to the point of division of revenue. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the only institution that has the powers to make the final decision on the division of revenue is the Senate. I sat in some function this weekend and heard a commissioner of CRA telling people that they will give counties Kshs391 billion. I wondered when did the CRA have powers to give money to the counties. They only recommend and the Senate is there to decide. Therefore, we will decide and be guided by this proposal by the Committee on Finance and Budget of Kshs415 billion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, while talking about the allocation to the counties, we know that the allocation of these monies is based on the latest approved audited reports. The report that is being considered is the report for the Financial Year 2020/2021. This is a problem because the amount of money being considered is Kshs1.57 trillion yet the latest income is Kshs2.9 trillion, which means there is a loss there. That means the National Assembly is sleeping on the job. We need to change the law so that us who deal with counties go by the audited reports for the counties. Counties are losing out on revenue allocation because of unnecessary delays by the National Assembly to approve the audited report. I have also seen a recommendation on mineral royalties of about Kshs1 billion. In the last report, I was disappointed that the counties in the western region, including Kakamega, my own county where people mine gold, did not get even a single cent of the mineral royalties. We would like to know the criteria being used to allocate mineral royalties to counties. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the issue of industrial park, I am glad they have put Kshs4.5 billion for the 18 counties that did not get. I hope this time will be possible---"
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