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    "content": "by resolution, determine the basis for allocating among the counties the share of national revenue that is annually allocated to the county level of government. (2) In determining the basis of revenue sharing under clause (1), the Senate shall— ( b ) request and consider recommendations from the Commission on Revenue Allocation; ( d ) invite the public, including professional bodies, to make submissions to it on the matter.” Having read the provisions of the Constitution, I am inviting the Speaker to effect 217(2)(b) by requesting for the recommendations of the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) for consideration by this House for the following reasons: One, the Senate is not yet in place and the Constitution demands that in the absence of the Senate, this National Assembly discharges this mandate. The second reason is that statements and advertisements made by the CRA have elicited sharp reactions for and against by Members of this House. Three, allocations suggested by the CRA without reference to the so- called smoothened 2009 census results have led to the loss of entitlement by counties as follows. One, Bomet County has lost to Kericho County; Homa Bay County has lost to Kisii County and Busia County has lost to Bungoma County. I am, therefore, inviting the Temporary Deputy Speaker to direct that the population errors referred to in Bomet versus Kericho, Homa Bay versus Kisii and Busia versus Bungoma be delinked from the court proceedings concerning the 2009 census since the correction of these errors does not fundamentally alter the census figures at all. I also invite the Speaker to allay the fears of the general public and that of professional bodies that they will be denied an opportunity to make submissions on this very important matter."
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