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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Limo",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kirui Limo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. One thing which I want to put across is that I hope the Senate is watching how we are debating this Bill. There have been two issues here. Most of the people in this country do not differentiate between the Division of Revenue Bill which ideally belongs to this House and the County Allocation of Revenue Bill which belongs to Senate which we are now discussing. This House has shown a lot of respect and a lot of maturity in discussing this Bill. It has considered the fact that there are many issues in this Bill which could bring a dispute. However, we are looking at “materiality” and we are saying soberly that we respect what the Senate has said, but with a warning that they should be looking at this deeper than what they have done. They need to do that in consultation with many other stakeholders. There is another thing which I want to mention. If you look at this allocation, the cap on Recurrent Expenditure is 17 per cent. What we will be watching as a country now, is whether there will be compliance. We have seen that many counties rarely reach 40 per cent of Development Expenditure. That means that they use 60 per cent on Recurrent Expenditure and yet the ceiling is put at 17 per cent. So, we are saying that the Controller of Budget should be seen to be cracking the whip. They should not be approving without cracking the whip on the counties. The country is crying. It is difficult to see real development in most counties at the grassroots level but the Recurrent Expenditure is on the upsurge. Therefore, I want to urge the office of the Controller of Budget to wake up and do its job. The other thing is on conditional allocation. A conditional allocation is a protection for service delivery. When we say conditional grants to counties, it is like the funds have been ring- fenced. There is a wrong perception by many counties, especially on medical equipment. The medical equipment is leased by the national Government using the national Government funds. But now, this money has been conditionally allocated to counties so that they pay. There is information being peddled by some of the counties that this allocation, which is approximately 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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