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    "id": 724396,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/724396/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "to appoint the Chair of CRA is given to the President and then, consequently, within the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2011 and Standing Order No. 215(5)(f), Dr. Wangui was vetted by the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade and found to be suitable for the position. The Commissioners were vetted and approved on 28th December 2016 and they were formally appointed. But their swearing-in by the Chief Justice was delayed because the Chair had not been appointed then. I am sure in accordance with Section 6 of the Commission on Revenue Allocation Act, 2011, the Report on the Chairperson is today before the House and I am sure, if the House approves it, then the Commissioners plus the Chair will be formally sworn in by the Chief Justice and the President of the Supreme Court. Section 6 of the CRA Act, 2011, states that the chairperson shall have an experience of not more than 15 years. It is good to note that Dr. Wangui has worked as an economist at various positions within the National Treasury and the World Bank for almost 30 years. That, among other credentials, demonstrates that she has the required qualifications to be the chairperson. Let me go to the Constitution and look at the functions of CRA. That is where I have a problem. I hope that lady, Dr. Wangui and her team will bring a new impetus to CRA. That is because the team that was led by Mr. Micah Cheserem had a different mindset that it was there to protect county governments. Every meeting you attended with Cheserem and his team was like they were told: “There are people who are going to invade devolution and you are the protectors of devolution.” I have said it many times that devolution was decided by the people of Kenya in a referendum in 2010, and nobody should chest-thump that they are the protectors or custodians of devolution. What is the function of CRA? The principal function of the Commission is to make recommendations concerning the basis for equitable sharing of revenue that is raised by the national Government."
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