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    "id": 926527,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/926527/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": "We know a mistake was made in the last Session of Parliament which gave the impression to the Senate that they have a role to play in coming up with the Division of Revenue Bill when their role is clearly the horizontal allocation of revenue across the 47 counties in line with a formula that was passed by this House. That is all they are expected to do. They should confirm allocation, bring it here for us to pass and give them money. We are not yet there and I believe this is something that needs to be revisited so that we can become very clear going forward whether we should have one or two Bills. My view is that we should have only one Bill. Any other Bill from the Senate for us is purely for information purposes. We should continue with our Bill and save this county from possible negative implications. I believe the money we are sharing is from the people of Kenya. It is from the Wananchi we tell to pay taxes so that we can offer them services. When the Senate wants to give more money to the counties, what they should be telling Kenyans is that they are also proposing to increase their taxes by this much, so that money can go to the governors. Instead, the Senate should sit down with the Council of Governors and look for ways of enhancing the economic performance of counties so that they can generate more local revenue to supplement their issues. For example, the County of Lamu will only receive an additional increment of Kshs50 million. This county can generate that money internally if the conditions are right and the governors stop misusing money as they doing. We do not need to waste a lot of time. Let us go per the law. From the beginning, we knew why we went to the Bomas of Kenya and why certain functions were given to the National Assembly and others to the Senate. The fact that they were given through an advisory the function that does not belong to them, we should not live with that The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}