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    "speaker_name": "May 8, 2013 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 42 Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "content": "Yes, hon. Deputy Speaker. I am very happy that serious Members, who have not earned their salary, and who want to serve the nation have come to save us. Finally, I want to say that Article 203 of the Constitution has put a ceiling and it says: Not less than 15 per cent of the national revenue will go to the county. I want to confirm to this nation that tomorrow we will do it. Under this Bill the Jubilee Government has done 25.8 per cent. If you add the conditional grant, it will come to 34.5. I want to tell my colleagues that the Jubilee Government will implement the 40 per cent on a progressive scale. Watch us next year; we will reach 40 per cent. The other year, before the next general election, I am sure those hon. Members on the other side will join our coalition, not because of anything, but because of the way in which we are going to deliver. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, finally, I want to say, let us sit and serve both the national Government, the county governments, by use of the Constitution and the Public Finance Act, because this is law we have created. We formed the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA), and we are the ones who asked for devolution. Therefore, devolution is not a choice because it is in the Constitution; we want to make sure that county governments take off because they are the necessary infrastructure. With those many remarks, I beg to move."
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