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    "content": "Government and county governments. I know the Senate would have been happier and much more comfortable if the Division of Revenue Bill of 2018 would have settled for more resources rather than the Kshs372 billion. We are fully aware of the constraints of the economy and the resource envelope that is available to us this particular year. I can trace what the President actually did here is to give us a challenge. The Chairman of the County Committee on County Public Accounts and Investment is here. He is fully aware that the Division of Revenue Bill is based on the audited accounts of 2013/2014. It behooves us to update those accounts so that the next round that the President gives another Presidential Address, we will be talking of a much higher figure than what we have here. We all know that counties need more resources to articulate their programmes more clearly in order to address the needs of the people, like what we saw today of the request from the West Pokot County petitioners. That is where we have a problem. The President was able to highlight these elements; that although the resources in the envelope have been given at the highest level ever since before, it could be more if we were only able to update our audited accounts, so that we can pass them in this office without any difficulty."
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