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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, these recommendations are supposed to have come mainly from the county governments so that they can assess the needs from the facts presented to them by the various county governments in future. But we have not provided any avenue for them to receive these views. So, in terms of recommendations, there must be, from the Minister’s amendments, an avenue where the Commission can receive the recommendations from the county governments. So, I propose that some added powers must be given there in black and white. The second point I want to make is in terms of the proposed Clause 10. This is to the Minister again. In terms of the recommendations which are being given, there is no time line that is being proposed for purposes of implementation. So, effectively, that means that even if the Commission makes certain recommendations, for example, for appropriation of money out of the Equalization Fund, there is no law that says that, that must be done within a certain periods of time. That leaves this Commission without any real push except mere recommendations. It is the same thing when they get requests from the Senate to make recommendations on the basis of allocation amongst the national revenue and the counties. Again, the timelines in terms of them to effect have been omitted. That, therefore, makes the Commission not able to push for any of the things that they are saying. That is because recommendations can be made this year and they are"
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