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    "content": "elected as Chairman and Vice-Chairman, respectively. This was on the understanding that the Chairperson would be from the House that the Bill originates from as a tradition. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee commenced its work by holding a meeting with the Principal Secretary of the National Treasury who gave the Committee a brief summary of the Division of Revenue Bill, 2015, highlighting key issues requiring the Committee’s consideration. The Committee then proceeded by developing statements of issues concerned raised by the Senate that has necessitated the amendment of the Division of Revenue Bill, 2015, followed by an examination of concerns raised by the National Assembly that had led to the rejection of the Senate amendments. The Committee had substantive discussions on the various options available to the Committee and the impact of any decision that it would take. Following lengthy consultations with each House putting forward its position on the Division of Revenue Bill, 2015, the Committee agreed to a version of the Bill for consideration by both Houses. A version of the agreed Bill is appended to this Report. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to state on behalf of the Committee, that I sincerely thank the Offices of the Speakers and the Clerks of the two Houses of Parliament for necessary support extended to it in execution of its mandate. The Chairperson and I, also thank Members of the Committee for their patience, sacrifice, endurance and commitment to their assigned responsibilities which took tight schedules to enable the Committee to complete its task. Finally, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also wish to reiterate my thanks to particularly two persons in this House; Sen. Elachi and Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale for their great effort and team spirit with which we negotiated this decision. It is my pleasant duty and privilege, on behalf of the Mediation Committee on the Division of Revenue Bill, 2015, to present and commend this Report, including the agreed version of the Bill to the House for the approval pursuant to Article 132(2) of the Constitution and Standing Order No.155(3) of the Senate Bill. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in a nutshell and to save time, the position that we had taken originally was that there were three areas that we wanted revised. One of them has to do with emergency funds. The second one has to do with salaries that were recommended by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). The final one was on Level 5 hospitals. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Mediation Committee, therefore, recommends that a new Bill be prepared incorporating the following changes:- 1. The deletion of our proposed allocation of Emergency Funds as it contravenes Section 110 of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, 2012, which provides that each Emergency Fund shall be set up by the county executive committee of finance with the approval of the respective county assembly. (1) Parliament to provide the requested allocation for – (a) The Sharable Revenue of Kshs1.767 billion. (b) Allocation of Level 5 hospitals to a tune of Kshs1.536 billion. 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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