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    "content": "The arrears of Ksh7.6 billion will be provided in the subsequent financial years. The second question was on how the Fund has been utilized to date. The Fund has not yet been utilized for several reasons:- (a) Delay in the approval of the Equalization Fund Policy prepared by CRA as required under Article 218(4) of the Constitution by Parliament. (b) Delay in the approval of the Equalization Fund Regulations by Parliament to operationalize the provisions of the Constitution and the Public Finance Management Act,(2012. (c) Delay in the approval of the Equalization Fund estimates of revenue and expenditure for financial year 2016/17 by the National Assembly. The third question was on how much of the Fund was allocated this Financial Year, 2016/2017 and the counties that benefited. The Government allocated Kshs6 billion this financial year. The amount was added to the earlier allocations of Kshs6.4 billion, bringing it to a total of Kshs12.4 billion. The fourteen counties identified by the Commission for Revenue Allocation (CRA) have been allocated that money according to the schedule below:"
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