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"content": "Hold on Hon. Atandi. Hon. Members, I advised the House…"
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"content": "(Hon. Julius Melly stood in his place)"
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"content": "Order, Hon. Julius. Take your seat. Whoever has any contrary view to the content of this Motion and wants to overturn it must garner 233 Members. Therefore, when it comes to voting that is the constitutional threshold. Go on, Hon. Atandi."
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"speaker_name": "Alego Usonga, ODM",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. What we are discussing before the House is the Fourth Basis for the national revenue sharing. Since the promulgation of the new Constitution, we have had three national revenue sharing formulas. This is the fourth. Every five years, a new formula is developed where the national revenue allocated to counties is shared among them. Many parameters have been used in the past when considering the allocation and sharing of these resources among counties. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informationpurposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"speaker_name": "Alego Usonga, ODM",
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"content": "One of the prominent formulas used in the past is the population parameter. It was used to decide how much money goes to each county. Some counties are highly populated while others have a low population. The highly populated ones have received more allocation than those with a low population. This consideration is a very good parameter and is used in most jurisdictions like India and many other countries that have embraced devolution. If the population is high, you are likely to get more resources. The reason is that if the population is very high, you need more resources to provide services to the population."
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"content": "In Kenya, the only challenge we have with this parameter is that population census is not done regularly but after a long time. Therefore, estimating the reality of population in a particular area is becoming a very big challenge. We urge this House, that in future we have regular population census being conducted so that we are sure of the population when allocating resources to the counties."
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"content": "The other parameter which has been considered here is the land area. It is an important parameter because some counties have a large land size. Accessing services becomes a problem for populations. They need more resources so that they are able to provide services to populations wherever they are. This has also been an important formula which has been considered when deciding the resources to counties. The other parameter which has been used is the poverty index. However, it has been challenged as a basis for sharing resources. This is because some counties have refused to develop or improve their poverty levels since they are sure that this parameter will be used to give them resources. So, they have chosen to remain poor. Even though this parameter has been used we urge going forward that it needs to be a lesser parameter so that counties can improve their poverty levels. Since poverty level is a parameter, most counties have refused to work hard. Some have chosen to remain poor over the years despite us pumping too many resources into them. They know that as long as they are poor, they will get more resources."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Atandi",
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"content": "Hon. Speaker, another parameter which has also been considered is the health status of counties. Resources given to counties are supposed to help in improving livelihoods, services and facilities. Some counties have refused to graduate in provision of health services even though health is devolved. They do not employ doctors or build health facilities. They want to use this parameter to continue earning more resources in the revenue sharing of resources among counties. The Budget and Appropriations Committee agrees with this formula and the way resources have been allocated to counties especially, now that 12 counties are being considered for special allocation. We realised that the 12 counties have been unable to undertake development projects because of their sizes and the resources they receive. Under the new formula, the 12 counties will receive a special allocation. In this formula, we have a sharable allocation of Ksh15 billion. This means that the 12 counties will get more resources for development; about Ksh4.46 billion to assist them initiate development programmes. This formula is very simple. I want to thank the Senate for coming up with it. It is a result of a very consultative process. This formula will ensure that counties which have not engaged properly in development programmes will now have an opportunity to do so."
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"content": "With those remarks, I beg to move and ask my able Vice-Chairman to second."
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"content": "Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informationpurposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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