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    "id": 429024,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/429024/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "(iii) expenditure shall promote the equitable development of the country, including by making special provision for marginalized groups and areas--- It should also be noted that the revenues allocated even to the national government--- This must come out clearly, even the money that we are going to allocate to the national Government, shall be ultimately spent either directly or indirectly at the county level, either as conditional or unconditional grants to the county governments. Secondly, Article, 203 of the Constitution provides the criteria that shall be taken into account. That is provided for in Article 202 of the Constitution. One of the criteria provided for under Article 202 is national interest. We must look at our interests in terms of even security. We must look at the public debt provisions. We must look at the national Government and also the county governments so that they can perform their assigned functions, both in terms of development at the county and at the national level. How do we create a stable and predictable allocation of revenues? There is a provision in the Constitution on Article 203 that the county governments shall not get less than 15 per cent of revenue collected by the national Government. That is the basic threshold. A memorandum has been attached to this Bill. It explains how the national Government has taken into account the criteria used in Article 203 of the Constitution. In this Division of Revenue Bill, the county government’s allocation for the Financial Year 2014/2015 is 43 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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