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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A. B.Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. Before I go to the Bill I want to notify the House that tomorrow being a date set for the Presidential Address on the State of the Nation, it means we shall be debating the Presidential Address on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next week as per the Standing Orders. It will be very good if we conclude all the remaining stages of the Division of Revenue Bill today so that the Senate can start the process of debating the County Allocation Bill. Of course, that will affect the county assemblies to prepare their budgets. Hon. Speaker, I beg to support the Division of Revenue Bill, Bill No. 11 of 2015. This Bill has an objective which is to provide for an equitable division of revenue raised nationally between the national Government and the county governments as far as the Financial Year 2015/2016 is concerned. This is in line with Article 218 of the Constitution. This Bill is supposed to promote an equitable society in the furtherance of the principle of public finance as set out in Article 201 (b) (ii) of the Constitution. It is the Kenyan people, in their quest for a new Constitution, who created a devolved system of Government. This Bill borrows from that principle that we must have an equitable society in our country. I also want to state that this Bill went through a consultative process between all the stakeholders who were the county governments, the Council of Governors, International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), the Budget and Appropriations Committee of this House, the Finance Committee of the Senate and the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA). That process is provided for both in the Constitution and in the Public Finance Management Act of 2012. Article 202 (1) of the Constitution requires that all revenue raised nationally must be shared equitably between the two levels of Government and similar to that, Article 203 (1) of the Constitution again provides the criteria for sharing these resources. The factors that must be taken into consideration in sharing these resources are very key principles and are provided for in Article 202 (1). They are: The national interests, the public debts of our country, other national Government obligations and needs because we need roads, security and much more. Other needs of the county governments must be brought on board so that this will ensure a stable and more predictable allocation of revenues to counties and the national Government. The word “predictable” is very important, hon. Speaker, in terms of a more sustainable micro-economic environment. Article 203(2) of the Constitution further provides that county equitable share of revenue raised shall not be less than 15 per cent of the last audited revenue collected by the national Government as approved by the National Assembly and not by Parliament. The allocation of this 2015/2016 Financial Year is Kshs258 billion. This is an increase of 13.8 per cent from the previous year. This allocation is more than twice the constitutional minimum of 15 per cent of the last audited revenue of Kshs776.9 billion for the Financial Year 2012/2013 which this House approved. 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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