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    "id": 536897,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Obure",
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Mogere Obure",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir for the opportunity. I want to take this opportunity to thank Members of the Committee for a good work done. We are considering a very important Bill whose intention is to provide for equitable division of revenue between the two levels of Government. This is a Bill whose intention is to ensure continuation of service delivery by providing the funds required. The amount proposed in this Bill to go to counties is Kshs258,008,000,000, sharable revenue. You will recall that is the figure that this Senate recommended, two years ago, as being sufficient to cover the functions of counties. I do not think that there is equitable division in this respect. Only an amount of Kshs258,008,000,000 compared to a sharable revenue of Kshs1.25 trillion. In my opinion, the proposed share to the counties has fallen far short of expectations and is not adequate to meet the increasing need at the counties. However, once again, for the third year running, there is a significant difference between what is contained in the Bill and what the CRA has recommended. I cannot understand why that should be the case. We have established the CRA specifically to research. We have equipped them to make sure that they analyze the information that they give so that they arrive at a recommendation that is acceptable by all. They are an independent institution. The rest of us, including the national executive are partisan and, therefore, cannot judge cases where they themselves are involved. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, nevertheless, I want to support the various amendments proposed by the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budge with respect to the emergency fund and increased funding to the Level 5 Hospitals for various reasons which have been explained here . I also want to add the issue of fuel levy which is set aside specifically for the maintenance of roads, but now we know that the function of road maintenance is shared between the counties and the national Government. This should not be a conditional 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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