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    "id": 536954,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hargura",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 827,
        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I support this Bill with amendments by the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget. From the Bill, you can see that the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) had proposed Kshs282 billion for the counties while we have the Division on Revenue Bill indicating Kshs258 billion. The CRA has been doing some good work but they should have come to us, we discuss and support them on this, so that they are not arm-twisted the way it is always done where their figures are always reduced. The shareable revenue is divided into two; the national Government Equalization Fund and the county governments. I have issues with this Equalization Fund. We have been having it in the previous budgets but it has never been availed to the affected counties for remedying the marginalization which it is intended for. Up to now, we have not seen it being used, so it is better for the concerned bodies to move first and have this Equalization Fund actualized. It is better if it is done according to Article 204 (3) (b) of the Constitution which states:- “The national Government may use the Equalization Fund- (b) either directly or indirectly through conditional grants to the counties in which marginalized communities exist”. It is better for the national Government to use that provision and have these funds directly disbursed to county governments. We need to have a very clear picture of how much the Equalization Fund has accumulated---"
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