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    "content": "The other unprecedented thing is that it is the first time we are amending the Division of Revenue Bill, which divides money vertically between the national and county governments. In a nutshell, this House had already passed the equitable share of Ksh400.1 billion to our counties, a figure that has never been there before. Upon revision of expenditure necessitated by the collapse of the revenue-raising measures, the amendment before us seeks to have a haircut in the equitable share from the proposed Ksh400.1 billion to Ksh380 billion. This ensures that all the levels of Government apportion the loss of anticipated revenue across the board. Therefore, the import of the amendment to the Division of Revenue is actually to decrease the amount from Ksh400.1 billion to Ksh380 billion in line with the current realities in the country. The two levels of Government, that is the national and county governments, have taken a haircut and some have actually had their heads chopped due to the drastic cuts that we had to effect. Across the Arms of Government, the Executive is losing money, Parliament is losing Ksh3.7 billion, while the Judiciary is losing about Ksh2 billion. Austerity measures have been made to every Arm of Government and all the levels of Government, some of which we are effecting"
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