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    "content": "has been allocated to a specific county reaches them at the time that was envisioned by the Constitution. This is a known fact. A few weeks ago in this Senate, we heard that more than half of our counties had not received at least 50 per cent of their sharable revenue from the national Government. This should concern us and be given the due attention it deserves. I listened to the Auditor General when he appeared before us asking for an additional fund which is not provided in this Division of Revenue Bill. This is because for the Auditor General to be able to do their work sufficiently and give us timely update of what is happening within our counties, he needs to have enough personnel. I heard one of the Senators saying that they have seen the audited accounts for 2017/2018. It could have been a slip of the tongue. I almost rushed to them to find out where they might have seen those accounts because what is before the County Public Accounts and Investment Committee (CPAIC) are accounts for 2014/2015. The audited report for the year 2015/2016 is not complete. The Auditor-General is yet to table a report before this House Each year, we will be looking at history. As they say, you cannot revise history. We shall only know that a certain governor misappropriated funds and that he did this and that. However, we will never say we have realized that last year, this is what the governors did thus as you pass the Division of Revenue Bill and CARA, we need to include this and that regulation. We cannot make such regulations presently because even 7 per cent and 33 per cent was an increase based on the 2013/2014 audited reports of accounts of Government. I would want to know of a serious economy in the world that still continues to pride itself knowing that it is doing is the right thing, but it cannot propose a solution. It is time that this House took its place of pride and spoke on behalf of Kenyans because that is what we are primarily elected to do. We should ask; what plan does the Government have in terms of giving due capacity to the office of the Auditor General for them to check and audit books of account properly? When we pass the Division of Revenue Bill for 2018/2019, for example, we would have already looked into the books of 2016/2017 and even 2017/2018, if it is possible. If blue chip companies are able to achieve it and do their budgets based on audited accounts for the previous year, then Kenyans should also be able to do it for they are not children of a lesser God. We need to be serious about it and address some of these issues."
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