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    "id": 1474415,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Today, as I speak, most counties are yet to receive their allocations and the justification is that we have not passed the DORA and the CARA. We are aware these issues because we all live in Kenya. While that is the case, the national Government continues to function, They are able to access their funds because the National Assembly passed the Appropriation Bill. They have amended and passed a further supplementary budget if I am not wrong although I could be wrong. I hope we can set a mechanism through which we ensure that in all instances such as these, where for reasons beyond the control of Parliament, or parliamentary reasons, we did Kshs316 billion for two financial years, 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 after we haggled and fought with our colleagues from the National Assembly up to late October, without agreeing. One of the delaying tactics that were used to bog down counties into submission was the fact that while the national Government was operational, many of them were grinding to a halt. In fact, it took the governors like the former Governor of Nairobi accompanying President Uhuru alongside other governors to some function who asked the former President to give them what was available. They did not care for our fight and castigated the Senate for holding out for long without appreciating the suffering. Madam Temporary Speaker, such are the things you have to deal with when you are dealing with governors. It does not matter how nice the meal you are preparing is, if someone is greedy, they do not have the patience to wait. They will say, just serve it as it is, we think it is ready as has been prepared. Article 202 needs fine-tuning where revenue raised nationally is divided equitably between counties and the national Government. How you divide, it needs to be a conversation and at what point you access those funds. If you ask me, it needs to be same between counties and the national Government. This Bill proposes the following. Clause 1 of the Bill provides for the short Title. Clause 3 contains the provisions on objects and purposes of the Bill, which they have taken time to explain. Clause 4 prescribes allocation for the national Government and county governments from the revenue raised nationally, for the current financial year 2024/2025. Clause 5 of the Bill outlines mechanisms for adjusting variations in revenues emanating from revenue performance during the financial year in which this Bill relates to. The Schedule contains the schedule of revenue raised between the national Government and county governments for the financial year 2024/2025. Madam Temporary Speaker, speaking of revenue raising measures, there was a report this week about county governments that have grown their own-source revenue. We must commend them because there are governors who are diligent in their work. When they do well, we must celebrate them. I saw Homa Bay, Nairobi City and other counties-- - I am not familiar with that list, but this is something we must discuss further. When a county grows its own-source revenue, it is testament to the fact that the Governor is not dipping his or her hand into the county till at source. That is the reality. It is a fact of nature that many of our county governors have refused to digitize their revenue systems so that you have men and women who walk around in yellow and green coats in The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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