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    "id": 909145,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "We have already, through the courts of this country, established that we have a duty in the enactment of the Division of Revenue Act. That is where we are again supposed to make another progress and make it clear that the interest of the counties is taken care of once that Bill comes to the Floor of this House. That is where we are now having problems with the National Assembly who do not seem to understand why we need to have these counties. They also do not seem to understand why we need devolution. Madam Temporary Speaker, mine is to urge all the Members that we have to prove to this country that what the National Assembly is doing is not right, and that the counties are where the people of this country reside. Therefore, if they think that they are giving donations to the counties, it has to be very clear, as it has been said clearly, that it is Parliament which actually shares the money between the two governments. The national Government is behaving like it gives donations to the county governments, and the National Assembly is trying to enforce that position. Mine is to urge my colleagues that we have to put our feet down and ensure that devolution grows in this country through progressive increment of allocation of funds. We have to do this by making sure that the Division of Revenue Bill is brought back again. Madam Temporary Speaker, the technical organization, in this case is, is the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA), which has clearly, through scientific means, come up with a figure which we are also supporting. Where does the National Assembly get its figure and try to increase the revenue for the national Government? Functions have been devolved and county governments are not getting what they are supposed to get. I come from a county where right now we are experiencing diseases which are supposed to be handled by the national Government, for example, Kala-azar. However, it is not doing anything; it is saying that health is a devolved function, yet the money is not The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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