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    "content": "collecting less than what previous municipalities were collecting, despite the fact that they did not have the same resources that the governors now have to raise those revenues. Even with all the due procedures mentioned by Sen.Wako, still they would generate more. That shows that it is not that the current county governments are generating less, but they are accounting for less than what they are actually collecting. We have cases where the county governments have been expending those revenues without submitting them to the County Revenue Account at the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) as the law requires so that they can now be given authority to spend that money. There is also the issue of money not being deposited to county accounts. I do not think this is the case of undercollection, because they now have more capacity. I think that most counties have now digitized their revenue collection processes and it is just a matter of how that is captured. We also need to look at that instead of just focusing on what is given to the counties in the County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA). We also need to follow up on how they are generating their revenues, because they are actually part of the budgets, which the county assemblies approve. If they under-collect or do not collect, then they are affecting the services that are delivered to the residents of that particular county. That revenue is collected directly from the residents. Therefore, if it is collected and unaccounted for, then as a protector of counties, we have to take it up with the counties to make sure that they account for whatever they collect and spend it well. Madam Temporary Speaker, I support the adoption of this Report and urge the Committee to move with speed so that we get to clear this backlog of the Auditor- General’s reports."
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