Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 959085,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/959085/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 463,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
        "slug": "john-mbadi"
    },
    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also want to make my contribution to this proposed amendment by Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah on the Public Finance Management Act. I think we are all in agreement. The moment the Supreme Court made a ruling in the form of an advisory opinion that the Division of Revenue Bill is a function of the two Houses, then without providing for the safety net on how to come out of possible disagreements and a dispute between the two Houses, it compromised the passing of this Bill to the extent that as a country, we saw for the first time a near paralysis in terms of service delivery to counties yet Article 203 of the Constitution is clear that we must make sure that counties function. Therefore, I agree with Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah that probably we need to provide for a temporary measure so that in case of such disagreements in future, at least the counties will be able to function even as we still try to sort out or to have an agreement between the two Houses, that is, the National Assembly and the Senate. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, my participation in the mediation of the Division of Revenue Bill has taught me a few things. It is said that when a lie is repeated many times, people treat it as the truth. We were in disagreement with the Senate on this issue of how much to allocate to counties, whether Kshs335 billion, Kshs327 billion, Kshs316 billion, Kshs316.5 billion or Kshs314 billion in terms of equitable share. There were about four figures that were bandied around during that time. The strongest argument against the position of the National Assembly was that a commission that was regarded as professional, that is, the Commission on Revenue Allocation was competent, had done research and, therefore, we ought to have agreed with it. I disagree and say far from it. I am one of the people who have supported the CRA very strongly. It is not correct and accurate to say that there was such a serious research or complex assessment of economic parameters and indicators on the well-researched figure of Kshs335 billion. That is not 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."
}