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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Okiya Omtatah",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. However, I am also not happy about the amount of money that counties will get. When you look at the allocations that will go to the counties, this is not the kind of money that counties need to execute their functions. Little as it is, the money should be released on time by the National Treasury. One of the major problems faced by counties is late release of funds. The National Treasury should realise that it serves 48 governments and there is no provision that it has to satisfy the national Government first then county governments. We should have money on the ground on time, so that the budgets can work. I have also looked at the laxity with which the National Assembly approves audited accounts of the Auditor-General. However, when it comes to the National Government-Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF), they do not peg it on audited accounts, but on raw data. If at all we are going to entrench the NG-CDF in the Constitution, as they are trying to do, it must be pegged on audited accounts. That way, the National Assembly will be up to task to give us timely audited accounts on budgets of the national Government. Further to that, as a House, we need to look at the definition of “revenue” according to Section 2 of the Commission on Revenue Allocation Act. That definition of revenue robs counties of money that they are entitled to. They exclude a lot of money that the national Government generates, yet the Constitution is clear that 15 per cent is on revenue raised nationally. At the end of the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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