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    "id": 920350,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/920350/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13119,
        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "“The County Executive Committee Member for finance shall ensure that the county revenue collection system under subsection is adapted to a better bigger system- (a) is transparent, efficient, effective and verifiable; (b) is simple and easy to use; (c) is properly managed and controlled to ensure accountability; (d) is adequately secure to prevent any fraud, losses or any other violations’ (e)respects and promote the distinctiveness of national Government and the county governments; and, (f) is separately accounted for and reported on. Once this is put into place and the system is adequate and useful, it will be easy to see what the revenue streams are. For example, if they are from taxes or specific revenue streams which are new within the counties. Whatever the money source is, counties will be able to account for it. They will also separately account for and report for resources that are coming from the county vis a vis what comes from the national Government and the national Treasury, which is key. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I said earlier on, the national Treasury and the KRA may assist the county treasury to develop these technical capacities for this particular system to be put into place. So, we want it to be as consultative and uniformed as possible. It should address all the current issues that we have raised. Madam Temporary Speaker, this is a short amendment Bill which addresses this specific component. It consists of three amendments in terms of addition for these clauses. Clause 160B is the reporting machinery. Clause 160 (B)(2) states that- “The County Treasury shall submit copies of the bi-annual statement and an annual report to the Senate and the national Treasury and the Commission on Revenue Allocation.” Before that has happened, each of the county treasuries will also submit reports that are key to the county assembly. Therefore, the different tiers for reporting are the county assembly followed by other organs, for example, the Senate, the national Treasury and the CRA. In preparing these reports, they will make sure that both the financial and non- financial performance of the county revenue collection system are put in place so that if there are any gaps or problems that have been observed, they talk about it moving forward to improve this particular system. Madam Temporary Speaker, the last amendment is Clause160C. Once the CEC has put this provision into place, and this is made into an Act, there are provisions that are borrowed from Article 225(3). According to the Constitution, stoppage of the share revenue transfer to counties can be done in case the county treasury fails to adhere to these three specific provisions in developing and implementing this particular county revenue system. We have put that Clause as a penalty clause to ensure that counties proceed to adopt a system for revenue collection within their counties. They need to report the status of the county revenue collection and performance to the organs that we have already put into place. Madam Temporary Speaker, this is already a provision in the Constitution. So it is not a punitive measure as such. It is part of our constitutional expectation. We have taken it from the Constitution and put it into this Bill to try as much as possible to ensure 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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