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    "id": 554557,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "I want to urge my colleagues this morning, not because we are saving devolution, that we offer leadership as the National Assembly and give the county governments the extra Kshs3.3 billion that the mediation team has agreed on, so that Kenyans can reap the fruits of a devolved system of government. In the 2013/2014 Budget, the county governments were given Kshs190 billion. In the 2013/2014, the allocation to the county governments increased to about Kshs238 billion. This year, the counties have been allocated Kshs259 billion, outside the loans and grants expected from our development partners. This is equivalent to about 13.8 percent increase, thus doubling the 15 per cent provided for in the Constitution. In total, if we give the counties the Kshs3.3 billion – I urge my colleagues that we do so – a total of Kshs286.7 billion will be sent to our counties. However, this impasse in the Division of Revenue Bill takes me back to what took our friends and colleagues to the Supreme Court in 2013. I hope that the six Supreme Court Judges, minus Hon. Lady Justice Njoki Ndungu – who gave a dissenting opinion – are listening to the National Assembly deliberations this morning. I want to read out Article 95 (4) of the Constitution for those who are watching these proceedings on television, including the Senate, even though they are on recess. I am sure that they are at home and have television sets in their houses. Article 95 (4) of the Constitution reads as follows:- “The National Assembly- (a) determines the allocation of the national revenue between the levels of government, as provided for in Part 4 of Chapter Twelve---” This particular Article does not mention the Senate. It says the National Assembly is the one that determines the allocation of revenue between the two levels of government. Therefore, my interpretation of this Article is that consideration of the Division of Revenue Bill is the sole mandate of the National Assembly. Article 96(3) The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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