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    "content": "Provided that the amount allocated in accordance with this sub- section shall not exceed twice the amount allocated to the county government by Parliament in the financial year under consideration; (b) by deleting sub-clause (3); (c) in sub-clause (4) by deleting the word “ten” and substituting therefor the word “five”; and (d) in sub-clause (4) by inserting the following proviso – Provided that the amount allocated in accordance with this sub- section shall not exceed one-quarter of the amount allocated to the county government by Parliament in the Financial Year under consideration. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Clause 85 basically makes provisions for the sharing of the petroleum revenue among the national Government, county governments and the affected communities. Sub-clause (2) of the Bill provides that the county government share shall be equivalent to 20 percent of the national Government share. Sub-clause (3) provides that the county government share shall be exclusive of the allocation by Parliament to county governments in a Financial Year. That is what they receive within the reading of the Division of Revenue Bill. The President is touching on all those clauses. Sub-clause (4) provides that the local community share shall be equivalent to 10 per cent of the national Government share and shall be payable. The problem in this, and which His Excellency the President is highlighting, is found when it comes to the implementation of Clause 85 as passed by Parliament. This, in the words of the President, pose a challenge of inequitable distribution of resources. This creates an unequal society where the county governments have their own share, the national Government has its share and the community where the resources are found has a small share. Again, the risks that county governments and local communities shall receive are disproportionately higher allocations, which might create a problem in terms of absorption. Because of those reasons, the President proposes that Clause 85 be amended, first, in Sub-clause (2) by inserting a proviso, which reads: “Provided that the amount allocated in accordance with this sub-section shall not exceed twice the amount allocated to the county government by Parliament in the financial year under consideration;”"
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