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    "id": 719780,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/719780/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": "37 billion were pending bills. That is unprecedented and I am sure that is why this House must re-look the legislation and deal with this matter. The fiscal performance of county governments has been above average over the last two years. The concern is the ability of county governments to raise their own revenue. Nairobi County can raise Kshs10 billion or more every financial year. If you ask them they will tell you they raise Kshs2 billion or Kshs3 billion. A number of counties are having challenges even in revenue estimation; they cannot even estimate what their local revenue is. These are few challenges but both levels of Government must be accountable. Every penny that this House and the Senate appropriates, including the Kshs35 billion or so that is given to Members of Parliament, must be accounted for. I am sure if this is done Kenya will transform into a better country. We are giving county governments Kshs323.7 billion which constitutes 34.4 per cent. Finally, we have just approved the Commission on Revenue Allocation. We approved the commissioners during the Special Sitting on 20th December, 2016. Yesterday we received the name of the Chairperson and we expect the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade to fast-track the process so that the Commission is seized of these two Bills, that is, the Division of Revenue Bill and the County Allocation Bill. They must start working very hard because the key function of the CRA is to determine how revenue is shared between the two levels and also implement. We expect that Commission to be full time. There is no way that previous Commission was full time and this particular is not. What has changed? We want this Commission to look at the parameters, ensure that money is shared equally and every penny for the national Government and county governments is accounted for. I beg to support."
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