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    "id": 983293,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "No, I pray. So, I wash my face five times in a day. Hon. Speaker, we expect that when we introduce the County Allocation of Revenue Bill, at least, the money allocated to Nairobi County Government that has been transferred to the national Government should be shown. Hon. Speaker, I also urge the Budget and Appropriation Committee to look at the big mismatch… I really want the Chair to listen to me! There is a big mismatch between the nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in our country and the revenue projections. The Chair and the National Treasury must tell us. I will give him an example. While our nominal GDP growth rate is expected to grow by 12.1 per cent, the ordinary revenue instead grows at 0.7 per cent. Am I right? So, the Chair and the National Treasury must tell us how come our nominal GDP is growing at 12.1 per cent while the revenue projection is growing at 0.7 per cent? One key question that needs to be answered is what are the major reasons for the declining revenue projection and what is the National Treasury doing about it. This is a question that the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and the National Treasury must answer. Why is our revenue projection not in tandem with the GDP? We need answers. Off course, we have the coronavirus and climate challenges, just like the locust invasion. Going forward, it would be very prudent to introduce special grants, pursuant to Article 202 of the Constitution. Given that additional allocation from the national Government, the share of revenue allocation should either conditionally or unconditionally be used to mitigate against the effects of climate change. Kenyans are very much concerned with the sustainability of our debt levels. This is the House that must deal with such issues. Therefore, it follows that in calculating the equitable share between the two levels of Government, there are certain considerations that this House must take into account. This determination has been proven beyond doubt. Secondly, this is subject to public participation. When we were increasing the debt ceiling, one of the conditions that this House gave in a report it adopted was that the Government must do away with commercial borrowing and settle for multilateral borrowing. Has the National Treasury complied with that requirement? Let me finish with what Hon. Musimba has said. Because of what is going on globally, and because of the declining projections in revenue, the Budget that we are going to pass for both the national Government and the county governments might not be tenable. If it is not tenable, we can reorganise the budgets of the Judiciary and Parliament through a Supplementary Budget. 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."
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