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    "content": "police vehicles like helicopters and items for security defence, among other things. An additional amount of Kshs18 billion will go into enhancement of security operations. National Irrigation and fertilizer clearance will take an additional Kshs12 billion to take care of food security which is a critical component. There is the reengineering of the National Youth Service (NYS) where the Government will take on board tens of thousands of youth to train and employ them. An additional Kshs11 billion will be put there. The National Social Safety Net Fund takes care of the vulnerable in the society. The money has been there every year. The total is Kshs12.8 billion and this includes urban food subsidy for those in the slums and for all other categories. This one is disbursed through the Ministry of Labour and Social Services. We also have money for laptops for the schools at Kshs17.5 billion. We have in item “c”, the Public Debt of Kshs362 billion. This concerns servicing of national loans. In item “d”, other national obligations that must be taken into account include the pensions, constitutional salaries and so forth. That comes to Kshs54.6 billion. We also have the constitutional commissions. The largest is the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). We also have the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA), Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC), Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC), Inter-governmental Budget and Economic Council (IBEC) and so forth. These are all constitutional commissions and have been allocated Kshs179 billion. Out of Kshs179 billion, the TSC takes Kshs160 billion. We also have Parliament. We also have other constitutional offices. For example, the Attorney General’s office, the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP’s) and so forth at Kshs6 billion. We have other statutory bodies like the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission at Kshs4.7 billion. We also have other national funds like the CDF, Uwezo Fund, among others, at Kshs37 billion. We have provision for emergency which includes contingencies and strategic grain reserve at Kshs7.9 billion. The Equalisation Fund is about Kshs6 billion. Once you remove all that from the Kshs1.2 trillion which is the resource envelop, you are left with Kshs477 billion to be shared between the national and the county governments from the national revenue. This is collectable in the next financial year. So, out of Kshs477 billion, it is proposed that Kshs283,741,685,204 goes to county governments. The Kshs283,741,685,204, the Kshs25,733,685,204 Conditional Fund plus the Kshs258,008,000,000 equitable shares is what will go to the counties. So, the balance available for the national Government will come to Kshs193 billion only as a matter of fact for the entire 18 Ministries of the Government. That is what remains. The rest of the money has to be looked for through borrowing and grants from other institutions. That is basically a brief of what is on the table. I thought going through the table was important so that Members appreciate how we arrived at these figures. We also received representation from the CRA. Article 205 of the Constitution, I will read it briefly; provides that: “When a Bill that includes provisions dealing with the sharing of revenue, or any financial matters concerning county governments is published, the Commission on Revenue Allocation shall consider those provisions and may make recommendations to the National Assembly and the Senate.” The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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