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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the results matrix that we sought – it was a resolution of this House in last FY Budget – is yet to be complied with. I have pointed out that we must realise that two of the Big Four Agenda items, that is health care and agriculture are, indeed, in line with our 2010 Constitution on devolved functions. Therefore, if there is no clear framework on how the two levels of government will collaborate and work together in implementation of these Big Four Agenda, we express concern that we may not fully realise all the benefits that we ought to if we have a proper collaborated framework between the two levels of government. The total revenue for the FY 2019/2020, as I mentioned earlier, is estimated at Kshs2,115,90 billion. This is Kshs35 billion higher than the BPS 2019 revenue projections of Kshs2,080.9 billion. The Committee is concerned that these revenue projections are not anchored on clear and quantifiable revenue raising measures. It is reported that higher revenue will be achieved through strengthening of tax administration to seal loop holes and safeguard the revenue base under the Revenue Enhancement Initiative (REI) Programme that is being implemented by the KRA. According to the National Treasury, these measures are expected to yield good results and, therefore, reverse the trend of declining revenues through broadening the tax base and improving revenue administration in the medium term. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Committee noted that these measures have not been quantified in the budget summary provided and thus cannot be adequately assessed in terms of how much revenue enhancement they are likely to yield. Therefore, this could just be very colourful statements. If they cannot be quantified, we cannot clearly project how much revenue is likely to be collected from the revenue enhancement measures that have been stipulated."
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