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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "South Mugirango, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Osoro",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I also rise to support this Bill on the question of sharing of equitable revenue. It is about time we got a practical solution to these shareables. As we look at the national cake and how to share it across the country, we also need to ask county governments whether they are able to reach their targets in terms of their own-source revenues. Just like my colleague, Hon. Oundo has said, there are counties that really do not require such. Looking at Nairobi, for example, as a county, the amount of money it collects as own source revenue is enough to fund up to five counties by itself. They do not need any cake from the national Government and from the Exchequer. That is the debate that we need to have. Looking at the formula that has been shared by Hon. Atandi, there has been a progressive growth on what goes to devolved units. As I said earlier, we started from about Ksh320 billion or thereabouts. It then grew gradually to about Ksh385 billion. It stuck at about Ksh388 billion. We are now getting to about Ksh415 billion for the devolved units. This is a clear indication that, progressively, money is getting to people and that money is moving from the central system and going to the villages and county governments. The question we need to ask ourselves is this: is the money really getting to the people like it ought to? Does it get to the right person in the village? Does this money get used for the particular purpose that it is meant for according to the Constitution? Those are the questions that we need to ask ourselves. Going forward, this House needs to think about coming up with legislation that, perhaps, will replicate what happens at the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) and apply it to county The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informationpurposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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