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"content": "system can be put into place that can enable counties to collect their revenue. That technological system has no pattern to it so far. This is something that MCAs and CECs must sit, begin to think and project how that system can come about. It is a collaborative effort. Therefore, once we have the micro system in place, then counties can feed into it. They can try to adjust it here and there, where necessary, to suit specific needs of counties because all counties are not the same. There will be some sort of uniformity. This is key. Madam Temporary Speaker, this Bill is an amendment to the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act. It clearly states in Section160 that:- “The county executive committee member for finance may authorize the Kenya Revenue Authority or appoint a collection agent to be collector of county government’s revenue for the purposes of this part on such terms and conditions as may be agreed in writing according to the regulations.” After that, we go to Section 161, and in between, there is a big step that has been jumped that is now putting into place the mechanism for doing exactly that. Therefore, the amendment is an addition of three specific clauses after Section 160 of the Public Finance Management Act; these are Clauses 160A, 160B and 160 C. Madam Temporary Speaker, Clause 160A, talks about how to get the county government revenue collection system on board, what it should do and how to do it. Clause 160B puts into place an important reporting mechanism of the system and its usage; and how the revenues have been collected. That information can be shared with the Senate, the CEC Member in charge of Finance, the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) and the national Treasury. This is to ensure that everybody knows about this report. Madam Temporary Speaker, Clause 160B, recommends a system where the report can be shared at the county assembly, so that what is happening in term of resources can be clear. On top of that, we can have a mechanism, which is the next step, so that when people are talking about the County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP), development, resources, looking at conditional and non-conditional grants and what has been left over; and how it can be funded, then counties can quickly turn back into their own mechanisms and input ways or means of collecting these funds. Clause160C is in line with Article 255(3) of the Constitution, which is a penalty Clause. Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to go systematically into the amendments and what they portend. The first amendment is 160A(1), which states that:- “Every County Treasury shall, in consultations with the national Treasury and the Kenya Revenue Authority, design, develop and implement a county revenue collection system. We have already began to engage with various stakeholders, and some amendments have been proposed and they will be discussed later. For example, one of the organisations that is key in this process is the CRA, the Council of Governors (CoGs) and the Controller of Budget. What sort of system should we have? This is addressed in Clause150A(2) which states that:- 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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