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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to start by appreciating the Liaison Committee for the work well done. As you have rightly put it, we have never had the Division of Revenue Bill in the House this early. That is a commendable effort and we need to support it. What we are doing with this Bill is what we call vertical division of revenue. When we pass this Bill, the national Government will be able to do a detailed Budget. The county governments will also do their detailed budgets after the County Allocation of Revenue Bill is passed by the Senate. I appreciate the fact that a number of the legal requirements have actually been adhered to. The one which is of great interest to me is where it is required by law that where there is a deviation from the Commission for Revenue Allocation (CRA), that deviation must be explained. The CRA recommended that the equitable share of revenue be Kshs331.8 billion. This Bill proposes that the equitable share of revenue be Kshs280.3 billion. A lot of efforts have gone into explaining why we have this deviation. It is important this is explained to Kenyans, so that we do not appear to ignore the CRA’s recommendations. In terms of the CRA’s recommendations and deviation, adherence to the Constitution has been very important. Looking at the actual allocations, I want to make observations. We are basing these allocations on the 2013/2014 audited revenue. So, in between, we have the Financial Year 2014/2015. If we had audited reports for that year, they would have been used. I am sure we all know that the revenue for the year 2014/2015 was higher than the revenue for 2013/2014. So, as a House, we need to pull our socks to make sure that we are only one year behind. I am looking at the specific allocations, more so, the conditional grant. This year, we are going to give Kshs4.5 billion conditional grant for medical equipment. We did the same last year. I remember last year we asked the question whether we have the framework to ensure that this leasing of medical equipment is properly done. This Bill allows for a section where you explain a bit of details in terms of figures and I expected this House to be updated on this particular financial year. I expected us to be informed on the progress of utilisation of the resources that this House gave to county governments and the national Government for leasing of medical equipment. This brings out the element which the Member has just mentioned on the issue of this House being not brought into speed on the money we allocate every year. How are we fairing in terms of output? As a country, we are not taking monitoring and evaluation seriously. The other point is on the allocation to the Level 5 hospitals, which is now Kshs4 billion. The reason why these hospitals are given this money is to make sure that they provide specialised health care at that level. It is the same Level 5 hospitals which are benefiting from the 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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