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    "id": 531579,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/531579/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A. B.Duale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": "So, the equitable share of Kshs258 billion in this Bill is the unconditional allocation to be shared among the county governments in accordance with the formula for sharing which was presented to both the Senate and the National Assembly under Article 217 of the Constitution. This Kshs258 billion is based on the last audited accounts and the formula provided by CRA and the provisions of the Constitution. It is unconditional in the sense that the county governments will use the allocation to prepare their budget estimates which will be approved by their county assemblies. That tells us that the national Government, the National Assembly and the Senate have no business in micro- managing how those resources are budgeted by the county assemblies and the county governments. I would like to bring it to the attention of the hon. Members that the equitable allocation takes into account the element of the cost of the devolved functions. These functions and their costs have been gazetted by the Transition Authority (TA) in three different Gazette notices. They are dated February 2013, August 2013 and there is the latest which is dated March 2014. Article 202 (2) of the Constitution further provides that the county governments may be given additional allocations from the national Government’s share of the revenue. So, the national Government can still allocate more resources to the county governments either as conditional or unconditional grants."
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