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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee also proposed that the two Houses of Parliament approve this Report of the Mediation Committee on the Division of Revenue Bill, 2015, and the appendix thereof. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the impact of this agreement, therefore, is to raise the revenue allocated to counties by Kshs3.3 billion over and above the amount that the National Assembly had proposed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to state from the outset that this process has been extremely difficult. I was in the previous mediation process and it was easier and more accommodating than this particular one. My two colleagues will agree with me that this took a lot of effort on our part and the whole team, including the staff of the two Houses. When we were negotiating this agreement, we recommended that, in future, the process of determining the Division of Revenue between the two levels of government must be different from the one that we have used this year. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we should not wait until the published document is with us before we start negotiating. Rather we should engage the two Houses before publishing of estimates. Mr. Speaker, Sir, to give opportunity to other Members, I wish to, once again, thank each and every person involved. Some of the people were involved behind the scenes to talk and lobby so that we get this process done. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I invite Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale to second the Motion."
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