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    "id": 842929,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "He has retreated from the House. It is important that when a decision is being made on division of revenue; before we go to the horizontal division amongst counties, we have to make sure that the decision of how much money we are giving to that level of government is an objective decision based on the actual cost of running that level of devolution. Thereafter, we can go to what we call the Intergovernmental Transfer of Money which the Constitution has set at a minimum of 15 per cent. I must applaud the fact that the Jubilee Government has never gone below 28 per cent since 2013 despite the Constitution saying that it must be done at 15 per cent of the last audited revenue. I am saying this because many times, we put the cart before the horse. We forget that devolution is based on the principle of subsidiarity. Yes, we have devolved resources. However, more than resources, we have devolved power; the power to make decisions. The people were meant to feel that because one approach cannot work in allocation of resources across the country as it used to be done before where a bunch of people would sit at the Ministry of Finance and decide on ‘how much is going to Elgeyo- Marakwet or Meru County or should we give them a road or not. At the moment, the people at the lowest level must be part of the decision of what they get. We have seen the exercise that many governors take people through, the County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP) process and public participation as just a fuss. People contribute, but there are very few budgets that go in line with the County Integrated Development Plans that have been passed by the people. Even as we look at this amount, I am looking at the Kshs15.8 billion budget going to Nairobi County and we also have what we collect as a county. Nairobi City County has 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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