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    "content": "On the Kshs3 billion Equalization Fund, I recall that this was apportioned recently and we saw what every county will get. That is actually implementing the Constitution. Therefore, the spirit of the Bill supports devolution. If it was not, this would not have given eminence in this particular Bill. It has reconciled - and reconciliation is very important. Interactive measures have been put in place and ambiguity has been removed. I think they have reconciled with CRA and what was passed by Parliament and came up with something that we could understand. That is from what they got - what they were to get last year and what they are getting this year. You can get clear reconciliation. However, there is one thing that I really feel that we should now check as Parliament. Public funds are being lost out there. As much as we make good laws, the Kenya National Audit Office (KNAO) needs to come out, even if it is in future Bill, on time and tell us what happened to money collected from the taxpayers. However, these are things I know may come in future amendments. We are required to remove ambiguity in this Bill. If you go to the first pages of this Bill, you will see repetition of the word “ pro rata ” You pro rata what? Give us the actual meaning of “proration” and “impossible”. The minimum threshold proration is in case we do not meet the national revenue base because this ambiguity creates loophole for problems."
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