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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was wondering because Junet Mohamed is my junior in terms of the leadership of the House, but you have righted it. I beg to support the Division of Revenue Bill. The primary objective of this Bill is to provide for equitable distribution or division of revenue raised nationally between the two levels of government. This is in so far as Financial Year 2018/2019 is concerned. It is also in accordance with Article 218 of the Constitution. This Bill draws its existence from Article 218 of the Constitution. This Bill is entitled to promote an equitable society by providing for the sharing of revenue that has been raised by the national Government among the national and the county governments in principle of public finance as set out in Article 201(b)(ii) of the Constitution. Article 202(1) of the Constitution requires that the revenue raised nationally be shared equitably between the two levels of government, that is, the national and the county governments. Article 203(1) of the Constitution provides and gives the criteria that will be used in making a determination how these resources will be shared. So, all these are anchored in the Constitution. The criteria are the very ones provided in Article 202(1) of the Constitution which is that national interest of the country must be taken into consideration. The public debt must be provided for and the needs of the national Government. There is also need to ensure that county governments are able to perform their assigned functions and also to provide the development vote for the county governments as well as to ensure a stable and predictable allocation of revenue to counties. If you look at Article 203(2) and 203(3) of the Constitution, it says the equitable share of revenue raised nationally that is allocated to the county governments shall not be less than 15 per cent of the audited revenue accounts collected by the national Government. The Chairman of PAC is not here. This is a matter that was raised by the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee and Hon. Makali Mulu. We are behind in terms of the national audited accounts approved by the House. We are now dealing with the 2013/2014 records. It is very bad and it looks very bad on the Committee. I can see the great lady, who is the Vice- The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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