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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ali Roba",
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    "content": "The question that then puzzled the committee is; what happens now and these services had already been introduced? Are we going to subject our public to a situation where they will have to seek such services from Level 5 hospitals or, do we need to support to make sure that the bare minimum services that had been put in place do not fall back? Even if we cannot improve, then we should be able to sustain. As such, we have looked at allocation of Kshs5.64 billion for that purpose. There is also the issue of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Database (IPPD) automatic wage bill adjustment that happens without any consultation. For that factor, we said that it is only realistic for a factor of about Kshs2.857 billion be allocated for that purpose. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I appeal to the Senators to understand that it is the determination and commitment of this Kenya Kwanza Government to make sure devolution is protected and services are improved at those levels. From the start, we are working on a situation where, the Constitution has capped the sharable revenue to be from the last audited and approved account, which is for financial year 2020/2021. We are already behind because the figures we are looking at are from financial year 2020/2021 when the current financial year is 2023/2024. We looked at it from the wisdom of the fact that all items that I have listed are non-discretionary expenditure to county governments. That is not something that you can say, “we have solved the doctors strike. The county governments should now inherit the bill.” Yet, there is no corresponding allocation of Kshs5.8 billion to pay the doctors. Where will they get the money to pay the doctors when they are already struggling? Also, the marginal growth of the revenues allocated to county government has been extremely marginal, not even enough to cater for the normal inflationary expenditures. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I appeal to my colleagues, I shared with them this critical information. This committee has recommended the vertical share of revenue between the national Governments to be at Ksh2,524,318,490,857 and for the county governments equitable share the Committee has recommend Kshs415,952,200,000. This is arrived at by making those adjustments said. The Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) has recommended Kshs398 billion. However, the Bill as approved by the National Assembly, has recommended Kshs391 billion. The base, which is the Division of the Revenue Act (DORA) of the previous financial year, has recommended Kshs385.425. I appeal to this House that since we represent the interest of the nation by making sure that devolution works. That reduces pressure on the national Government if health care, provision of water services, roads and personnel being paid commensurate to their work, works. We came up with that bare minimum using that wisdom. As I support, I appeal to the House to concur with the committee. Thank you."
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