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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ali Roba",
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    "content": "increment in the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Database (IPPD) system, which happens automatically, amounting to Kshs6.3 billion cumulatively for the 47 counties; and basic salary increment as per the Doctor’s Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) 27/2021 execution of return to work formula of Kshs3.5 billion, all totaling to an extra Ksh34.9 billion, which is required to be financed by the counties. At this juncture, allow me to bring to the attention of the Senate that from the time we suffered COVID-19 pandemic, shareable revenues to county government have stagnated. For two financial years, it remained at Kshs370 billion. Then there was a marginal adjustment that moved it to Kshs385. The only reasonable movement upward was when we proposed Kshs400 billion. That was later, through an amendment to the Division of Revenue Act, brought it down to Kshs387.7 billion, meaning the county governments for approximately almost four to five years have not realised any substantive revenue increase, while the revenues of Government have continuously performed well in terms of increment year after year, which justifies the position that we as the committee recommend for the House to adopt. Further, it is expected that the sharing of equitable revenue among counties in the Financial Year 2025/2026 shall be used based on the proposed fourth basis of revenue sharing, which based on the controversies that crowded the third basis of revenue sharing in this same Senate, we envisage a challenging situation ahead. Based on that, the committee in its wisdom has proposed Kshs14 billion to cushion all counties from the transitional effects of the new basis of revenue sharing. All these add up to Ksh465 billion and hence the committee recommends the House adopt this county equitable share for the Financial Year 2025/2026. Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, I appreciate all stakeholders who appeared before this committee other than our traditional stakeholders, we have engaged with 13 constitutional commissions and two independent bodies for the first time. I extend our appreciation to the Members of the Committee of Finance and Budget who had to endure long hours to be able to engage with these strategic stakeholders to take the input. I also wish to appreciate your office and that of the Clerk for facilitating committee activities flawlessly without any itch. Mr. Speaker, I request hon. Senators to approve the committee's report on the 2025 Budget Policy Statement (BPS). As I move, I wish to request Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, to second."
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