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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musyimi",
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        "legal_name": "Mutava Musyimi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I thank you for giving me this opportunity. I beg to second. It is important that we move with speed to pass the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. Hon. Deputy Speaker, you will note that July has already passed; that is the first month of this financial year and the counties are yet to receive their money. We do not wish to stand in the way of the counties receiving the money. Standing Order 234 requires that whenever the County Allocation of Revenue Bill is referred to this House by the Senate, there House considers the Bill within ten days. Therefore, I urge this House to move with speed and conclude its consideration of the Bill so that funds can be released to our counties as soon as possible. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to thank my committee, I had a long meeting this morning. We will be bringing three amendments. First of all, the Bill before us talks about a non-existent column in the Bill. I quote the Bill, Article 6 Section 3, the total estimates that caused the functions to be transferred, “which shall form the basis for the county budget as set out in column (e) of the Third Schedule”. Column (e) of the Third Schedule does not exist. So, we will be asking that to be amended. Hon. Deputy Speaker, we shall also be asking that the Bill be given more certainty and predictability because, although functions are being valued; we are not being told who will do the costing or indeed, who will do the calculations related to the costing. But most critical, there is an amendment to the Public Finance Management Act which this Bill proposes. I think we shall all remember the ruling of the Chair, I believe in the last Parliament that basically, you cannot go outside the provisions of the published Bill. In the published Bill, the amendments to the Public Finance Management Act, 2012, were not anticipated and yet we see them being sneaked in through the back door. Such The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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