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    "content": "counties will not be able to get enough money. I would urge the House to bring an amendment to the Bill so that those counties that will have a deficit in their budgets, the national government should come in and fund those deficits. We are aware that for the first three years, counties cannot borrow and yet they are starting off on a deficit. So, how are they going to perform if they do not have sufficient funds to carry out their functions? Also when you look at the schedule which we have been given and which is before the House--- According to the Inter-governmental Relations Act, it says in accordance with the fiscal responsibility principle of the national government, 30 per cent of the funds allocated to counties should go towards development. In the figures before us, they have not told us how much of the money they have allocated for development. What is the percentage? We need to know whether they have met that criterion of 30 per cent because it is in the Act. The issue of capacity has also been raised elsewhere and the Finance, Commerce and Economic Affairs Committee was looking at that very seriously because it is coming at the last hour when we are being told that devolving functions may not be possible for some counties. That is why I am calling upon Senators to make sure that in their counties the functions are devolved together with resources because we may sit here and approve this money but at the end of the day, you will find that some counties have not actually received the money approved by the House. When the Bill was laid on the Table of the House, the Senate Majority Leader undertook that Kshs20 billion is going to be added to this figure so that when we bring the amendment, it will be included. We need to allocate the counties Kshs210 billion as opposed to what is in this Bill, that is, Kshs198 billion. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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