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    "content": "We do not hear of counties talking about how much they have collected. They simply start crying that they want money from the national Government or else they get stranded. So, I ask myself, what about the local revenue that they must have collected. In fact, I hear that the funds being collected in rural areas are not being accounted for properly. It is just being eaten around by revenue collectors. It is not being taken as money necessary to fund development in counties. They say that the national Government is bringing money. I want to urge the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget and the Committee on Devolution to look into this. They must insist to be shown how much revenue was collected and even compare it with the former county council. You will be shocked to learn that the county councils collected more revenue than the current county governments. Therefore, I want us to be very clear. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, a point has been raised where the national Government always claims that we are required to give to the county governments 15 per cent but we are so generous we are giving 43 per cent. Let us be realistic. The audited revenue of the national Government is so much delayed. Right now, we are dealing with the audited accounts of 2009/2010. This is a long time. During those days, the national Government used to spend something like Kshs800 million but today, it is over a trillion. It is very unfair to inform the public that you are giving county governments 43 per cent when you know that in the current Budget, it is not 43 per cent. I would like to urge the Auditor General to audit these accounts---"
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