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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you for allowing me to contribute to the report of the Senate Finance and Budget Committee on the BPS. Many years ago, when we were in the National Assembly, we never had the opportunity to interrogate the Government's priorities. However, the new Public Finance Management Act, which came after we left the other House, has made it clear under Section 35 that a BPS must be presented before the actual estimates are presented. When this BPS comes, it outlines the priorities that the Government or the administration in power is supposed to set up. It also outlines what we should expect when the actual estimates come with the details of how monies are supposed to be raised and spent. I did not want to be long, but I wanted to mention two things that are not reflected in this BPS. The BPS estimates that revenue will grow by about 10 per cent. Ordinary revenue is supposed to raise about Kshs259 billion, which is about 10 per cent of what was raised last year. The surprising thing is that there has been no corresponding growth in the allocation that is supposed to go to county governments. The question then begs, are county governments inferior to the national Government? The Constitution has given us a clear answer. These are two levels of Government and none is superior to the other. Both levels have different functions with different mandates to execute those functions. We have said many times here that the National Treasury seems to be working only for the national Government. If ordinary revenue is rising by 10 per cent, the logical thing is that county governments should expect a 10 per cent increment. That should be 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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