Siaya Senator James Orengo has urged his counterparts to not rush with the revenue sharing formula.
According to Orengo, there is at least consensus developing among the Senators informally.
“That consensus, the way I understand it, is that no senator wishes to see any county lose money,” Orengo said in a statement.
The Senate Minority Leader said the Senate still does not have sufficient agreement on the other conditions that will fully constitute the basis upon which revenue will be allocated.
On normal occasions, according to Orengo the debate about the resource is very divisive. He cautioned the House that the trajectory which the debate is taking may be with the senate for the coming generation
Writing to the Star Orengo said; “I would think that we’d have the integrity and authority of the Senate protected and safeguarded if we do not rush to a decision when there is an opportunity to close the loopholes where consensus has not been found.”
On the issue of revenue sharing between the devolved government, the senior council noted that the first fight on the matter was in the National Assembly even before the Senate was elected.
“The National Assembly had the powers of the Senate at that time because there was no Senate. It took quite a long time, holding numerous meetings, on this single issue—to sit together, to reason together, and come up with a solution that was acceptable to most of the members,” he said.
Orengo said the Senate had to go to Naivasha and took nearly four days debating the matters and when they left, there was nothing like the Orengo’s motion nor Senator Murkomen motion but a decision that was reached as a Senate.
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Orengo noted that the Senate was making the same mistake that was committed during the colonial period when the Sessional Paper Number 10 was passed by the National Assembly.
“That Sessional Paper was neither African nor Socialist. The paper was saying that resources should go to where it is already developed,” he said.
He further noted that the Senate should not repeat the same mistake but continue talking until they have a position that is acceptable to most senators.
