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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musyimi",
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        "legal_name": "Mutava Musyimi",
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    "content": "Enumeration of the criteria applied in determining the allocation of the Kshs.13.2 billion to each county and two, there is no sufficient information concerning the existing financial agreement with development partners as well as ongoing contracts with suppliers which informed the allocation of the conditional allocation. The other specific concern that my Committee expressed is, we note that the Senate has proposed to amend the Public Finance Management Act 2012 to provide a duty to the Commissioner of Kenya Revenue Authority to give recommendations to the Senate on recurrent expenditure of county governments. The specific provision in this Bill, pursuant to Articles 201 and 216 of the Constitution state that notwithstanding subsection 2, the Commission on Revenue Allocation shall recommend to the Senate the budgetary ceilings on the recurrent expenditure of each county government. We wish to say that we are concerned that this particular amendment is coming to us through what we call legislative ambush. It is coming through the back door. This is the second time we are amending the Public Finance Bill through the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. It would have been more helpful if such amendments were introduced through a separate Bill to allow both Houses of Parliament to contribute freely to this particular amendment. As it is, we need a high majority to even change whatever we may need to change, which we cannot get. It is, therefore, important that in future we do not amend the PFM Act through a Bill other than a Bill to amend the PFM Act. I am done with specific concerns and now I will move to the general concern. It is very important that on behalf of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, and this matter was discussed at length two days ago, we set the record clear on the revenue that is raised nationally. It is absolutely paramount to note that during the 2014/2015 Financial Year, the ordinary revenue focused is Ksh1.864 trillion. Members should note that more often than not, the revenue focused is not always realized due to many factors. Consequently, the figures are almost always revised downward to accommodate the changes that arise during the course of the year. Article 202 of the Constitution provides that the revenue raised should be shared equitably among the national and county governments. According to Article 203(2) of the Constitution, in dividing the sharable revenue between the two levels of Government each financial year, county governments must be allocated an equitable share of revenue that is not less than 15 per cent of the most recently audited and approved accounts. Hon. Deputy Speaker, in this case, the latest audited revenue and approved by this National Assembly, relating to financial years 2009 and 2010 amounted to Kshs529.3 billion. In addition, the Constitution provides public finance principles that inform the decision on how the equitable allocation of either level of government is to be set. I think 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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