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    "content": "(3) Whether the Chairperson is aware that the High Court has rules on the matter and although dismissing the petition by the county assemblies, the court has determined that the CRA ceilings are not binding and can only be binding if the said ceilings are approved by Parliament. (4) Whether the Chairperson can confirm that the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget has presented the ceilings for approval by this House and in that case the ceilings are still only a recommendation as determined by the court. (5) Whether the Chairperson is aware that the Controller of Budget is sending county assemblies to negotiate with the CRA to vary ceilings, even though the court has placed the mandate on this Parliament. (6) Whether the Chairperson is aware that some of the proposed ceilings by CRA last year and the figures proposed this year are irreconcilable, putting into doubt the modalities and criteria used to arrive to these ceilings. For example, CRA recommended a ceiling of Ksh191million for Tana River County Assembly last year and Ksh398 million for them this year which is Kshs200 million more. This is a drastic change within a year. The recommendations appear arbitrary. (7) What the Committee on Finance Commerce and Budget is doing to ensure that the Controller of Budget releases funds to the county assemblies on the basis of the Appropriations Act, to allow them perform their constitutional and statutory mandates."
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