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    "content": "Hon. Members, in settling on the equitable share of the national revenue to be allocated to the counties, this House is required under Article 203 of the Constitution to allocate, at least, 15 percent of all national revenue collected by the national Government, based on the most recent audited accounts approved by the National Assembly. Again, Hon. Members, Article 203 outlines another critical function vested solely in the National Assembly, which is approving audits of the expenditure of all revenue received and spent by the national Government. A clear reading of Article 218 of the Constitution together with Article 95(4)(a) and 96(3) points to a number of inescapable conclusions. First, Hon. Members, the framers of the Constitution were very deliberate in their assignment of the roles and functions of the two Houses of Parliament with regard to public finance, both at the national and county levels of government. The Constitution clearly establishes one House as representing the people, overseeing the budget process for the national Government and national State organs, appropriating monies for the national Government and national State organs, overseeing the process of revenue-raising through legislation, determining the allocation of the revenue collected between the two levels of government and auditing the collection and expenditure of revenue by the national Government and national State organs. Conversely, Hon. Members, the Constitution mandates the other House of Parliament to represent and protect the interests of the counties, as geographic regions, and their county governments, participate in the making of certain laws as guided by Part 2 of the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution, determine the allocation of national revenue among counties and exercise oversight over that revenue. With this background in mind, interrogating the provisions of Article 218(1) of the Constitution so as to know the House in which the annual Division of Revenue Bill and County Allocation of Revenue Bill are to be originated, ought not to be a question to belabour. I see a few other Members at the entrance. Would you kindly take your seats quickly?"
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