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    "id": 800725,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I wish to second this Bill. The Committee has been asking why the National Assembly does not approve the audit reports. We are being told that the equitable share of revenue is 33.6 per cent, which is based on audited accounts for FY 2013/2014. When I asked a question during the Devolution Conference, a Member of the National Assembly who was one of the panelists said that because of the revenues that we generate, even if they approve audits, it will not change the numbers. It is right that it will not change the numbers but it will change the statistics. Right now the equitable share of revenue to counties is at 33.6 per cent. If you compare the total sharable revenue that the division of revenue is based on, you will realise that we are giving counties 18.6 per cent. Although the numbers will not change, in my view, the statistics are misleading because this is not based on the current revenue. The other thing that I have an issue with is the delay of audit reports. The National Assembly is actually sabotaging the President’s drive to fight graft. If you are looking at the audit report for FY 2013/2014, who is interested in something that happened five years ago? We need to look at current figures and deal with the current issues, so that both Houses are relevant. I want to be on record that Members of the National Assembly need to pull up their socks when it comes to approving audit reports. I do not know what they have been doing since 2014 because they have not approved reports up to date. So, statistics matter. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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