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    "id": 959058,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1835,
        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "I do not want to go to the issues relating to the Division of Revenue Bill but it has not been a very good experience for both Houses of Parliament. Therefore, it is only fair that the two Houses of Parliament, the Council of Governors, the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA), the national Executive and the county executives engage each other on issues to do with division of revenue and share the resources equitably so as to allow services to continue being offered in the counties. I, therefore, hope and pray that our good Senators will also pass this Bill as it is. Earlier this morning, we had an engagement with a number of them during the mediation talks, and there are certain proposals that they made. I take this opportunity to ask them to just let this Bill pass as it is with the 15 per cent. They were indicating that it might be better to do a disbursement of 50 per cent of what is in the Division of Revenue Bill that is yet to be agreed upon. However, there could be a chance in future. For instance, this year, the Kshs316. 5 billion that we are proposing in the Division of Revenue Bill is about 30.5 per cent of the last audited accounts. If we were to give them 50 per cent of that amount this year, it would be about Kshs158 billion. If we were to give them 15 per cent, it would be about Kshs155 billion. So, there is a small difference but in future – maybe, in another three years – once the Public Accounts Committee has tabled their audited accounts for the most recent financial statements of Government and our revenues are going up, it would be disadvantageous to the same counties. Therefore, I ask the Senators to rethink the question of percentages and let this Bill pass as it is because the counties may end up losing. If anything, this Bill’s import is from what is provided for in the Constitution; the guaranteed 15 per cent. The Division of Revenue Bill has no guarantee of figures."
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