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    "id": 531581,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A. B.Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": "the Constitution. Other sharable revenue in 2015/2016 includes the following: With regard to county government the conditional amount was Kshs258 billion. If you add the unconditional amount given by the national Government mainly in the health sector, the total county allocation comes to Kshs273.1 billion which is 21 per cent. For counties that fall within the Equalisation Fund bracket, an extra Kshs6 billion or 0.5 per cent will be accessed by those counties. So, what remains for the national Government? It is Kshs749 billion or 60 per cent of the sharable revenue allocated to the national interests. This translates to 60 per cent of the sharable revenue allocated to the national Government. The national Government share is supposed to deal with matters of national interest such as security and infrastructure; public debt repayment and other national Government obligations and contingencies. This leaves the national Government with a paltry Kshs223.5 billion or 18 per cent for the other national Government needs. Infrastructure, that is, roads, railways, ports, energy, national security, defence, police, foreign affairs and international trade will have to share the paltry Kshs223.5 billion or 18 per cent of the national Government needs. This is a challenge to the Government and the Budget and Appropriations Committee which should look into it. Article 218(1)(a) provides that at least two months before the end of each financial year, there shall be introduced in Parliament a Division of Revenue Bill which shall divide revenue between the two levels of government. This House has, however, realized that in order to facilitate planning and budgeting at the national and the county levels, it is necessary to decide and do a determination on the Division of Revenue Bill early in the year so that the county governments and the Senate can do their bit. The Division of Revenue Bill has to be submitted by the 15th of February of each financial year. I urge this House to track this Bill in order to allow adequate time for the finalization of the Budget Estimates for both the national and the county governments. Finally, Article 218(2) of the Constitution further provides that the Division of Revenue Bill shall be accompanied by a memorandum setting out the explanation of the revenue as proposed by this Bill. It also has an evaluation of the Bill in relation to the criteria set out by Article 203(1). The Bill has a summary of any significant deviation from the Commission. It is well, and I ask my colleagues that as we debate, we have in mind that time is not on our side and we deal with the two stages of the Bill before the end of today’s session. With those many remarks, I wish to request Members to support this Bill and provide the roadmap for the Senate to prepare the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. It is on that basis that the county assemblies will be in a position to prepare their Budget Policy Statement (BPS), Budget Estimates and finally submit their Budget to the Controller of Budget for the national Government. The Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury will then come to present his Estimates and his 2015/2016 Budget here in the National Assembly."
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