{"id":807220,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/807220/?format=json","text_counter":181,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kikuyu, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah","speaker":{"id":1835,"legal_name":"Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah","slug":"anthony-kimani-ichungwah"},"content":" Yes. We have since considered it and therefore wish to move it for Second Reading. As I was saying, we have since considered this Bill and we can confirm that this Bill, as approved by the Senate, conforms with the Division of Revenue Act, 2018, which we enacted in this House on 10th April 2018. To this end, the timely enactment of the County Allocation of Revenue Bill, 2018 is very critical in guaranteeing our county governments their respective share of the equitable share of revenue that is raised nationally as well as conditional allocations meant for better service delivery and a seamless operation of our county governments. The Bill provides for the allocation, amongst county governments, of the equitable share of revenue raised nationally, six conditional allocations from the national government’s revenue and nine conditional allocations being loans and grants from development partners for the Financial Year 2018/2019. The Committee has observed, during its deliberations, that the criteria used to allocate the equitable share is based on six key parameters, one being population which accounts for about 45 per cent; land, 8 per cent; poverty, 18 per cent; equal share, 26 per cent; fiscal responsibility, 2 per cent; and development factor which contributes 1 per cent. However the Committee has noted with concern that there are 29 county governments that will not receive the allocation of the fiscal responsibility share of Kshs6.28 billion for the Financial Year 2018/2019. This is because 26 of these county governments have a zero score on the fiscal effort index which measures the county’s increments in all sourced revenue per capita."}