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    "content": "resourced for the resources to go to the counties. You cannot devolve agriculture and still have agricultural functions being handled at Kilimo House. You cannot devolve water and still have billions of shillings left in Nairobi on water. If you look at the schedule on page 6 – Table 1 – the Total Sharable Revenue in the Bill is Kshs1,242,700,000,000. The Bill acknowledges as such, but we go on to mount a deception to the public and the counties by saying that what they are getting – Kshs258.008 billion is only 21 per cent of the sharable revenue. So, it is not true that the counties are being given 33 per cent of the sharable revenue. This is the fraud that I am talking about. At the end of the day, we are offloading services and functions without attendant financial support to the counties. If we are using Kshs776.9 billion as the sharable revenue, which is not the case in the Bill, then that cannot be the figure to use. If we are talking of 33 per cent, then the sharable revenue that goes to the counties is Kshs410 billion. This means that we have shaved off over Kshs140 billion that should go to the counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I heard you when I was driving talking about corruption. Yes, there is corruption in the counties, but there is even bigger corruption at the centre. If you look at the so-called list of shame, if in a Cabinet of 18, six are sent home on suspicion of corruption, then you know very well where corruption is domiciled."
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