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    "id": 886985,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "Mediation Committee unless the Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council (IBEC) and the Summit, which is usually chaired by His Excellency the President, agree with the Council of Governors (COGs) on the final figures. As it is, we work on the premise that it will probably end up in mediation this year unlike last year when the figures were agreed to at IBEC and we were able to conclude both the Division of Revenue Bill and the Appropriations Bill well ahead of time. The Division of Revenue Bill (National Assembly Bill No.11 of 2019) was read the First Time in the National Assembly during the afternoon sitting of Tuesday, 12th March, 2019. Pursuant to Standing Order No.127(2) of the National Assembly, the Bill was committed to the Budget and Appropriations Committee. The Bill seeks to provide for the equitable sharing of nationally raised revenue between the two levels of Government for the Financial Year 2019/2020 in accordance with Articles 202, 203, 205 and 218(2) of the Constitution. The Committee has deliberated on this matter as is contained in the Report that we tabled before the House yesterday. We engaged with a number of stakeholders during our discussions of the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) top among them the CoGs, the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA), the National Treasury amongst others. The enactment of the Division of Revenue Bill (National Assembly Bill No.11 of 2019) is critical in setting the stage for the preparation of the County Allocation of Revenue Bill 2019 which will inform the firming up and completion of preparation of the Annual Budget Estimates for the 47 county governments. It is, therefore, in the spirit and letter of Article 224 of the Constitution, which requires county governments to prepare and adopt their annual budgets and Appropriation Bills based on the approved Division of Revenue Bill. We will timely dispense with its approval and subsequent enactment, thus facilitating the county government budgeting process to go on undisrupted. To buttress that point, the county governments cannot and may not be able to commence preparations of their budgets for the next financial year if we have not passed this Division of Revenue Bill. It is on the basis of the Division of Revenue Bill that the vertical sharing of revenue between the national and the county governments is done. It then informs the county governments on how much to budget on. Therefore, they are able to prepare their budgets and consequently their Appropriation Bills in line with what we would have passed in the Division of Revenue Bill."
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