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    "id": 646085,
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    "content": "cent; basic equal share, 25 per cent; poverty, 20 per cent; land area, 8 per cent, and fiscal responsibility, 2 per cent, adding to a sum total of 100 per cent. That translated into giving counties funds, ranging from Nairobi County which is the richest, to Lamu County. We know that because of the tourism potential of Lamu County, it should be the richest. Recently, when we discussed about the formula, the arm that we depend on, that is the CRA--- We know that the CRA does not generate the formula on their own; they propose it to the Senate. If there are some people who think that the Senate is not the ultimate solution, they are misled. We are the ones who have the prerogative to agree to or reject the formula. We are considering a Report that has been generated by the CRA under our guidance. It has been brought, courtesy of the relevant Committee, which is headed by Sen. Billow and I am a Member, together with a number of us. The CRA appears before the relevant Committee where many meetings, formulation and trials are run. Because of time we agreed to submit this one. We have introduced the last parameter called the development factor. These parameters must be accurate, so the counties with the smallest population get their share that is proportionate to their population. However, the data that we are using to determine population is as old as the year 2009 and the devolution law came into effect on 27th August, 2010; two years later. The population has changed, yet we are now moving to the second formula using the population of 2009. This calls upon the relevant arm, the Kenya Bureau of Statistics (KeBS) and every other arm that deals with planning to give us the correct data. We must not wait for 10 years to get an accurate data. There is a way of getting data. There is data regarding some counties that was contested that we are using to give them a premium funding compared to other counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if the Senate is bold enough. We should demand because we can count those counties so that we can give proportional percentage because we are using population as a measure. Basic equal share percentage is good but we just increased it a bit because we have just increased it to 25 from 26 per cent. This is because every county gets a standard amount of money to maintain certain basic key functions. However, the poverty index is interesting because it is claimed that some counties are poor when it is not true. I do not know where they got the poverty index that they use. We asked where they got those figures from but nobody is giving us an accurate answer. It is surprising that even Nairobi County is claiming to be poor yet even in the slum areas of this City, one can wake up and walk to the nearest rich estate and get a job to do. The poverty index needs to be relooked at again so that it does not make people lie. As I mentioned earlier, if we continue maintaining the population percentage at 45 per cent, in the next census which is about three years from now, some counties will count even stones to ensure that their number goes up. I saw the data that was released on population recently and I contested because West Pokot which is my county was said to have the highest birth rate. If we continue basing allocation of funds on population, it means that Kiambu County with her 1.8 million people and my county at 800,000 people and the fastest reproducing units will overtake Kiambu County. We need to review how we handle population as a unit of allocation. 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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