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    "id": 639423,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Hon. Wanyonyi is complaining but he should respect his party leadership. I rise to contribute to this Bill. While Kenyans were giving themselves the 2010 Constitution, they decided to create two levels of Government; the national and the county governments. They went ahead, under Article 202 of the Constitution, to define that the two levels of Government must share revenue. What we are doing is in line with the requirement of Article 202 of the Constitution that revenue raised nationally shall be shared equitably among the two levels of governments. The definition of ‘revenue raised nationally’ has been a point of disagreement. I remember when we were working on the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, we had points of differences because the definition of ‘revenue raised’ initially included loans. We decided to exclude the loans because they are usually raised for specific purposes. However, I still feel that the national Government is underfunding county governments. This is because apart from ordinary revenue, the taxes raised such as Pay As You Earn (PAYE), Excise duty and Value Added Tax (VAT), there is Appropriations-in-Aid (A-in-A). There are two components of the same, for instance, money you get through donors or bilateral agreements. The notion that A-in- A is revenue raised and should not be shared, needs to be corrected. I disagree with the contributors from the Jubilee side who said that the Jubilee Administration is supportive of devolution. The Jubilee Government is a threat to devolution. I say this with facts. Article 203 of the Constitution talks about national interest but the Jubilee Administration has created their own issues of national interest. They are now saying that national interests should precede the division of revenue. What is the definition of ‘national interest’?"
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