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    "id": 429027,
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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": "Article 218(2) of the Constitution further provides that the Division of Revenue Bill shall be accompanied by a memorandum explaining the revenue as provided by the Bill. If you compare this Bill with last year’s, you will see a difference. Last year, the element of the explanatory memorandum was missing. This year, this Bill has all the explanations. There is a deviation from CRA and the Budget and Appropriation Committee. The Bill is very elaborate in terms of explanations. Article 203(1) also gives a summary of significant deviations from CRA. For Members to know why CRA is asking for 53 per cent and the Bill is giving 43 per cent to the counties, Clauses 1, 2 and 3 of this Bill relate to the preliminary provisions of the Bill. It is about the short title, definition of words, expressions, statements, objects and purpose of the Bill. Clause 4 of the Bill provides for the division of revenue raised by the national Government in respect of the Financial Year 2014/2015 between the two levels of Government. Clause 5 of the Bill provides for the mechanism for adjusting variations in revenue raised by the national Government. Clause 6 of the Bill, again, provides for a dispute resolution mechanism that should apply before instituting court proceedings as far as this Bill is concerned. The Clause includes the provision of personal liability on public officers who cause any State organ to incur cost because of referring disputes relating to division of revenue to courts prior to exhausting the available alternative resolution mechanisms. Hon. Speaker, the First Schedule provides for the equitable share of the revenue raised nationally between the national Government and the county governments. 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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