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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulu",
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Let me also take this opportunity to support the Division of Revenue, Bill 2017. I want to thank my Chairman and deputy for giving us the important figures captured in this Bill. So, I will not spend a lot of time talking about figures because they have been presented by my Chairman in all the details which are necessary. I just want to spend a bit of time to talk about the bigger picture. This Bill is very important. We all know it takes care of what we call the vertical division of revenue between the national Government and the county governments. I just want to remind the Hon. Members that this is the last Division of Revenue Bill to be approved by the 11th Parliament because we know we are all going for elections in August. We have learnt a number of lessons over the years and it is important that some of these lessons be put into practice as we move forward. When you look at this Bill, it states clearly that in case there will be a shortfall in terms of revenue collection, then the national Government will take care of that gap. But in case there 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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