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    "content": "I want to confirm, Hon. Kang’ata, that the recommendation that the CRA submitted to the Senate, the National Assembly, the national executive, county assemblies, and the county executives is the recommendation required under Article 2014(2), which is on the Equalisation Fund. That is the one that is required to go to the Senate, the National Assembly, the national executive, county assemblies and the county executives. Article 216 (4) and (5) state:- “(4) The Commission shall determine, publish and regularly review a policy in which it sets out the criteria by which to identify the marginalised areas for purposes of Article 204 (2). (5) The Commission shall submit its recommendations to the Senate, the National Assembly, the national executive, county assemblies and county executives.” Those recommendations are the ones required under Article 204(2) which states:- “(2) The national government shall use the Equalisation Fund only to provide basic services including water, roads, health facilities and electricity to marginalised areas to the extent necessary to bring the quality of those services in those areas to the level generally enjoyed by the rest of the nation, so far as possible.” That is the one that they would be required to submit. The principal function in 216 is to deal with vertical as well as horizontal recommendations for determination of allocation of resources. The principal function of the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) is to make recommendations concerning the business for the equitable sharing of revenue raised by the national Government, between the national and county government. The national Government will be involved under 95(4), among the county governments; which then brings in the Senate under Article 96(3), which will be the horizontal sharing. Their recommendations are based on the discussions between the two levels of government as well as the commission which happens at a forum chaired by the Deputy President. I understand what has been happening in an effort to try and come to some understanding on this. Hon. Kangata, I do not know whether you just read the law or you knew what happened. The information available is that within the Report, the recommendation of the CRA was presented. That recommendation is essentially the one on the formula, not this one affecting the Equalisation Fund. As a matter of procedure and as you rightly pointed out, the House should have debated that Report before we consider this Bill. Therefore, for purposes of tidiness, I am appreciating that the House experienced some higher tasks at the beginning of this Session, but matters which were supposed to be considered by the Budget and Appropriations Committee were always referred to the Liaison Committee. When the House finally decided to have the Budget and Appropriations Committee, his own Committee just handed over all documents on Budget and Appropriations Committee that was already seized of the matter of the budget 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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