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"content": "On the other hand, let us also speak about the national Government because there is a lot of money that remains there. I hope when this administration does a construction of the railway line to Kisumu, it will pass through Nyamira to serve the people of Kisii region. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "The plan has always been that the train will have a stopover at Ikonge in North Mugirango. However, of late, we are hearing rumours that there is a plan to divert it to our neighbouring county and leave the people of Nyamira out."
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"content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, that region has coffee, tea and farmers that supply this city with traditional vegetables. I do not how to call the vegetables in English, but is"
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"content": "sageti"
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"content": "and managu. The bulk of the sageti and managu you consume in Nairobi comes from Nyamira and Kisii. Therefore, if you put that stopover in Ikonge, you will make life easier for farmers and traders in order to be fair for the people in the Gusii region as well as the people of Nyanza region. I am also sure that there might be a stopover either in Kericho or Bomet as well as Narok. You will then have served all those counties. Anything other than that, will be a big injustice to the people of Nyamira. I also hope that as we share this revenue, we would like to enjoy our lives as we travel to our counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, I do not know whether you have had the opportunity of passing the road on the interchange to Maai Mahiu. Under that bridge, we have gullies and lorries coming from Maai Mahiu, the queue starts from the junction that goes to Limuru, although I do not know its name, simply because we are unable to repair the potholes on that underpass. Yet every time I fuel a car, there is tax for road maintenance. Every time a Kenyan fuels, especially the ones going to Narok, Bomet and Kisii, they pay taxes, but that road has remained unrepaired for the last two years. We go through that pain every weekend. Any time some of us who are not endowed to be sky team leave Nyamira, we always wonder whether we will make it to Nairobi, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. Madam Temporary Speaker, can this money not be used to do some of these simple things? Even for the tourists going to Narok, what image of our country do they form when they pass through a national road that has those kinds of potholes? It is a collective shame to all of us, as leaders in this country. Something needs to be done. I had hoped to put a question today, but I got late by the hearings affecting my Governor in the Committee on Education. However, I do hope to get time to raise that question. Let the Government make life easier for us. We may not be using the dual carriageway to Nakuru and the Mau Summit, but the ones using the Maai Mahiu, Narok and to Bomet, including our tourists, should be taken care of. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I conclude, I also hope that our governors will make use of these funds to improve our Early Childhood Education (ECD) facilities. There was a picture I presented before our Committee on Education, the kind of desks at Nyameko ECD in North Mugirango, Nyamira. How will those children grow to love school and education if we put them through such an environment? Look at how dilapidated the desks are. Why can the governors not have their priorities right? There was another one I shared on Ekerubo Gietai ECD Centre. I am pleading with my friend, Governor Nyaribo, to use the resources we send to our counties to make ECD classes attractive to our children, so that they grow up, loving and enjoying school from their early stage. However, if you send them to a school where they fall down and their knees get hurt, they will not love school. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, this idea of having the young children to share toilets with their seniors in junior secondary schools is not right. I am pleading with our governors to make life bearable for the people in our counties and our children going to school. For the school feeding programme, let them get nutritious food so that we raise a healthy generation. I support this Bill reluctantly. My wish was that the counties get something more than Kshs405 billion, but for now, reluctantly, we can do with Kshs405 billion. I support and hope that our brothers in the National Assembly who have their aunties, uncles and cousins back in the counties who will be served when we improve services at the counties, will support this Bill. I hope they will do that, to ensure that devolution succeeds and works."
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"content": "I support, Madam Temporary Speaker."
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"content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to make my comments on the Division of Revenue Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 10 of 2025)."
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"content": "This Bill basically implements Article 218(2)(b) of the Constitution on sharing of revenues between the national and the county governments based on the criteria outlined in Article 203(1) of the same Constitution. I have read the Report by the Committee on Finance and Budget keenly. One thing that is coming out clearly is that this Bill is unconstitutional. I say that because this Senate sat and passed a Budget Policy Statement (BPS). We said that the county share of revenue should be Kshs465 billion. That has not to be reflected in this Bill. Therefore, it leaves us wondering why we spent our time discussing the BPS when our recommendations are ignored by the national Government when it is proposing a division of revenue between the national Government and the county government. We were clear on Kshs465 billion because of increase in non-discretionary expenditure to the counties. The counties have to bear the burden of housing levy and enhanced NSSF contribution. They also have to bear counterpart funding of 50 per cent for CHPs. We also have the doctors’ CBA, procurement of medical equipment and the annual wage drift. All these issues informed the decision by the Senate to recommend in the BPS, an allocation of Kshs465 billion to counties. The recommendation in this Bill is talking of a mere Kshs405.1 billion. That is short of a whopping Kshs60 billion that is supposed to go to the counties based on the BPS. On that basis, this Bill is unconstitutional. The second aspect why I think this Bill is unconstitutional is the projected revenues for the financial year 2025/2026. In that financial year, we are talking of Kshs2.84 trillion. Out of that, national Government is going to take Kshs2.42 trillion, which is about 85.53 per cent. Counties are set to receive Kshs405.1 billion, translating to 14.28 per cent, which is below the 15 per cent threshold provided by the Constitution. On this basis alone, the Bill is unconstitutional. Therefore, I urge that we thoroughly examine all aspects contributing to its unconstitutionality and take the necessary steps to rectify them. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "Having said that, I also wish to agree with the position taken by the CoG. While there has been a marginal increase in shareable revenue to counties over the last five years, a closer analysis reveals a disparity. Counties have seen an aggregated increase of Kshs70.9 billion, whereas the national Government has Kshs702.6 billion. Again, this falls far below the 15 per cent constitutional threshold. There are clear disparities in this Bill. Madam Temporary Speaker, I recommend that as we proceed, we propose an increase in this allocation. The figure should either match our original proposal in the BPS of Kshs465 billion or be raised further to account for the rise in non-discretionary expenditures. These include levies, the enhanced NSSF contributions, County Aggregation and Industrial Parks (CAIPs) investments of Kshs250 million per county, funding for CHPs, the Doctors' CBA and medical equipment. Moreover, Article 229 of the Constitution, which governs audited reports, is clear. The court ruled that the Houses of Parliament, which is the National Assembly and the Senate, and county assemblies, must process the audited reports within three months of their submission by the Auditor-General. This means that the most current audited reports applicable in this case should be for the financial year 2024/2025. However, the financial year being used here is 2020/2021. This again is unconstitutional, given the court’s ruling. If the correct audited reports were applied, counties would receive a higher share of allocations. This denies counties substantial funding, as we are relying on reports that are three years behind schedule. Ideally, we should be discussing the audit report for the financial year 2023/2024. Furthermore, the proposal in this Bill on the distribution of the Equalisation Fund falls short of the provision of the Constitution. The figure proposed in this Bill on how the Fund will be shared falls far below the constitutional recommendation. While discussing the Equalisation Fund, we must address the persistent delays in transferring the funds to county governments. As we speak, a staggering Kshs2.7 billion remains in arrears. What is happening? It is unacceptable to have such a significant amount in arrears while discussions continue about further allocations to the Equalisation Fund. Madam Temporary Speaker, we must look at this Bill very critically. If we want to protect devolution in this country---"
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