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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musyimi",
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        "legal_name": "Mutava Musyimi",
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    "content": "I stand guided, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. On behalf of the Committee and I, we shall be opposing these amendments. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. If I may continue, there are additional county conditional allocations which is not part of the shareable revenue at over Kshs20 billion, which comprises of Kshs12.54 billion in form of loans and grants and Kshs7.87 billion being allocation for the Fuel Levy at 15 per cent. After submission of the National Assembly’s Message to the Senate on the Division of Revenue Bill, 2017, the Senate considered and held deliberations and arising from those consultations, passed the Division of Revenue Bill, 2017 with amendments. These amendments basically meant that the national Government share will be reduced by Kshs23.53 billion and that of the county governments will be increased by the same amount which, of course, we are totally opposed to. Upon the consideration of the Message from the Senate on the Division of Revenue Bill, 2017, my Committee notes that the overall effect of the amendment is the total increase to the county allocations which I have mentioned. In addition, the Committee further observes that it appears that the full appreciation of the current economic slowdown being experienced across the country may not have been taken into account by the Senate while making these adjustments. So, the increase in allocation to the county governments does not seem to contain the following aspects: i. Evidence of any new functions having been transferred to counties and, therefore, their need for extra funds; ii. A review of efficiency and effectiveness in utilisation of county resources. It has been in the public domain that money has not been spent that well by the county governments; and, iii. A review of the potential to raise additional resources at the county level. We are not getting sufficient revenues coming from the county governments. In fact, the county councils were doing a whole lot better than these county governments. What they do is get money and we cannot tell where that money goes to. The collection of revenues, as we have said, is really poor. The Committee notes that increasing the allocations to county governments without adequately proposing sources or measures for generating revenue commensurately to fund such increase may result in dire consequences. 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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