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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": "Hon. Speaker, the Member for Kajiado Central is purporting to intimidate me. You know he is the last member to join this House. It is like he is a Form One when I am in Form Four or Six. He is a mono and when the leader is speaking, he should even pick water with some respect. He is my friend. The other day, he talked about me in a rally in Narok in very unpleasant terms. The principal function of the Commission is to make recommendations on how the revenue raised by the national Government is shared equitably between the two levels of government - the county governments and the national Government. First, they give a recommendation on how we should share the money raised through taxpayers between the two levels of government. Once the Division of Revenue Bill has given the amount for county governments, then the CRA goes down and sees how equitably the 47 counties can share that revenue. They are supposed to make recommendations on matters concerning the financing of and financial management of county governments. That is why later in the afternoon, we are going to deal with the Public Finance Management Act where we are going to deal with some very serious financial accounting implications on how to make sure that public resources at that county level are effectively and efficiently used in the interest of the citizens of our country. They must use the criteria as stated in Article 203 of the Constitution. What are the parameters? They are population, land size, financial obligations at 1 per cent and poverty level. They must use those parameters in a very honest way so that those regions that were marginalised despite them getting the equalisation fund and those that have benefited from the successive governments--- There are regions that produced vice-presidents 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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