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    "content": "important to raise the fact that we met with the CRA in our retreat in Mombasa and they brought up this issue of requesting us to give them the powers to set the ceilings. A number of us had issues with the request by the CRA. If you look at the purported ceilings that were given by the CRA this year, only four county assemblies were able to meet them. When we asked them whether they issued ceilings to the county executives, they said that all the county executives in their counties met the budget ceilings. That raises an issue that, how is it possible that only four out of the 47 county assemblies were able to meet the ceilings yet all the 47 county executives were able to meet them? When we asked them how they are arrived at some of these ceilings, they said these were as a result of negotiations. We realized that the county assemblies were not part and parcel of the discussions and negotiations. Giving them the opportunity to recommend ceilings then gives us the opportunity as the Senate to interrogate whether the county assemblies were given a hearing, and whether there were consultations in terms of setting these ceilings. I, therefore, support the further amendment."
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