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    "id": 628048,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I wish to support the amendment. If you look at the detailed report, in (iii) on Page 24, the Committee itself contents that the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) uses a very conservative revenue growth rate. It says actual revenue realisation differs from the growth rate used in the BPS. The Committee, in its report says that the average actual revenue performance for the last four years is about 13 to 14 per cent. Therefore, the rate of revenue should be used at the minimum to compute the equitable share for 2016/2017 at 13 per cent. That is contained on page 24(iii) of the report that we are looking at. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I, therefore, support that we benchmark the increase in the equitable share on the actual revenue growth rate which is 13 and 14 per cent. The Chairperson of the Committee has brought in the argument that part of this could be the Appropriations-in-Aid. Probably, this is what we need to question; whether this 13 to 14 per cent growth is consistent across ordinary revenue and Appropriations-in-Aid. The BPS has recommended that we use 7.9 per cent in computing the increase in equitable share. I have not seen where that has been justified. In as much as the Committee calls this 7.9 per cent conservative, to me, it is arbitrary. This is because I have not seen where it has been justified. The 13 to 14 per cent has been justified on page 24 of the Committee’s Report. It is important that there is consistency. Otherwise, arbitrariness will open the doors to situations where we will think that one part of the Government is fighting another part. The CRA had earlier proposed that counties get Kshs331 billion on the basis of a 15.09 per cent increase in equitable share. In fact, CRA had proposed 15.09 per cent and the Senate is proposing something slightly less, on the basis of realities and actual revenue growth. It is not unreasonable to give counties this money. There is still debate on the issue of costing of functions and the Committee captured that in quite a detailed The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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