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    "content": "The second reason why I introduced or mentioned this point is because, if you look at Article 209 of the Constitution, it empowers counties to levy certain taxes, levies and charges. They have taxation powers under Article 209. It would have been expected and we hope this would be the case for future county allocation of revenue bills of the future, one of the factors that have to be considered and that the Senate must be satisfied as having been considered in the future, is the fact that in the horizontal allocation of monies among counties, the disparities in terms of how much tax each county can collect must be factored also. This is all in a bid to ensure that we do not create more disparities in our country by treating all counties as if they are equal. What I am saying is that for now, there does not exist adequate data and information on the capacities of various counties in terms of how much taxes, fees and charges are projected. They are just trying to figure out but I do not think there is scientific basis. In future, the issue of how much a county can generate by itself must be a factor which must be considered in determining the amount of money allocated to counties in the future. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in summary, this County Allocation of Revenue Bill has complied with the five parameters that are required by the law namely; Article 203 of the Constitution in terms of broad principles of financial management, Revenue Allocation Criteria approved by the Senate, the cost of running county governments and their structures, costing of the ongoing devolved functions and lastly---"
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