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    "id": 282897,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ogindo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martin Otieno Ogindo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is very reflective for the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) to have started with the allocation of revenue among the counties. What ought to have been is a division of revenue between the two levels of Government. Even before that is done, it is important for this county to appreciate how we project, collect, record and safeguard our revenue. It is important that as we allocate revenue between the two levels of Government – the Constitution says that money shall follow functions. Up to this point in time, we are not sure what steps have been taken by the Central Government to bring to bear what it has been costing this Government to provide services at the county level, which can only be an amalgamation of the cost of delivering services at the various district levels which comprise the counties. It is very important that that exercise is carried out as soon as possible because time is of the essence here. You will appreciate that the Constitution says that the formula that shall be adopted will remain in force for the next three years. That is a long time to live with a mistake. You will also appreciate that people get accustomed to ways of doing things. If you get them accustomed to the wrong ways of doing things, it will be hard to change them, particularly on matters to do with resources which are very emotive and competitive. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is also important that the relevant parameters that are being relied on to distribute and allocate revenue are made accurate. Any unreliability in these parameters will bring down the faith of Kenyans in the end product and we do not want to kill this new baby that we have for a long time yearned for. Away from that, I want also to add, before I leave that topic, that it is very important that we segregate the revenue that we are going to allocate into two categories."
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