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"content": "Bi. Spika wa Muda, Hazina ya Kitaifa ni National Treasury. Sasa sijui nimfunze Kiswahili ama nichangie mada. Ukiangalia katika Kamusi ya Kiswahili sanifu, mfuko ni fund kwa lugha ya Kiingereza. Kwa hivyo, Sen. Cherarkey, sijakosea chochote. Utajifunza mengi kutoka kwangu. Hesabu inayotumika kutenga fedha ni ya Mwaka 2020/2021 ambayo ndio ya karibu sana ilipitishwa na Bunge la Taifa. Mbali na kuwa pesa hizo ni chache sana kulingana na jinsi mapato ya Serikali yamekuwa, sasa tuko katika Mwaka 2024/2025 ambapo mapato yake ni tofauti na yale yaliyopatikana Mwaka 2020/2021. Jambo la pili ni kwamba pesa hizo zinatakiwa ziwe nusu ya mapato. Kwa hivyo, hawawezi kukaa katika Bunge la Taifa na kusema kuwa Serikali imetenga Kshs10,867,400,000 na kupunguza Kshs790 milioni ili ibaki Kshs10,077,400,000. Kiwango hicho kimewekwa na Katiba. Hivyo basi, Wabunge hawana mamlaka ya The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Faki",
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"content": "kupunguza Kshs790 milioni ili ibaki Kshs10,077,400,000. Hicho ni kinyume na Katiba. Sisi kama Seneti hatuwezi kukubali hilo. Jambo la tatu ni kwamba tangu hazina ya usawa ianzishwe, ni juzi tu, mwaka 2021, nilipokuwa Mwenyekiti wa Kamati ya Sheria Endelevu, yaani Committee on Delegated Legislation. Tuliweza kupitisha kanuni zinazotumika sasa kuendesha hazina hii. Kwa miaka kumi, hazina hii haikuwa na kanuni za kuendesha fedha hizo. Walipeleka kanuni zilizokataliwa na mahakama. Hivyo basi, kwa miaka kumi, miradi ilifanya bila malipo kwa sababu ya ukosefu wa sheria endelevu za kuhakikisha Hazina hii inafanya kazi. Ni masikitiko kwamba mpaka sasa, Hazina hii haijasaidia sehemu zilizotelekezwa kwa muda mrefu. Kwanza zilikuwa kaunti 14 na sasa ni 34. Nina hakika tukiangalia mfumo wa mgao wa mara ya tatu, labda Kenya nzima itakuwa na sehemu zilizotengwa. Kwa mfano, Kaunti ya Kiambu ina utajiri mkubwa na matajiri wengi. Hata hivyo, kuna sehemu zilizotelekezwa katika kaunti hiyo. Ugatuzi uliletwa ili kuleta usawa katika kaunti zetu. Hata hivyo, sehemu nyingi zimetelekezwa kwa sababu pengine hawakukubaliana na Gavana aliye mamlakani ama Mwakilishi wa Wadi wa eneo fulani hana uhusiano mzuri na gavana. Kwa hivyo, ni muhimu hazina hii itumike kwa mujibu wa Katiba ili kuleta usawa. Kwa sababu imekiuka Katiba, lazima tukatae mapendekezo hayo---"
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
"speaker_title": "The Temporary Speaker",
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"content": " Sen. Mohamed Mwinyihaji, you have one minute."
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"content": "Asante, Bi. Spika wa Muda. Nilikuwa nasema kuwa sisi kama Seneti ni lazima tusimame kidete kwa sababu hazina hii ilitarajiwa kusaidia kuleta usawa katika nchi yetu. Hata hivyo, sehemu zinazopaswa kusaidika hazisaidiki japo karibu Kshs48 bilioni hazijatumika. Huo ni upetepetevu kwa upande wa Serikali. Ni kinyume na Katiba na hatuna budi kupinga."
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
"speaker_title": "The Temporary Speaker",
"speaker": null,
"content": " Let us listen to Sen. Cherarkey."
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"legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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"content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I request that in future, when pupils and students visit the Public Gallery, they should not leave without being acknowledged. It is good for their experience here. Kindly talk to the Secretariat. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am proud of the Committee on Finance and Budget. Since the promulgation of the Constitution 2010, the initial allocation was Kshs62.4 billion that had been appropriated. However, only Kshs22.5 billion has so far been disbursed. That means that close to Kshs40 billion is yet to be disbursed in accordance with Article 204. That is clear violation of Article 219. When Parliament appropriates money, it should be disbursed henceforth because it is meant to bring equalization. That money is not for office expenses. It is meant for establishment of dispensaries in Murang’a, Migori and Nandi counties. It should be used for electricity and roads among other basics. We were having a conversation and people were asking why is it that Nandi is a land of honey and milk like Murang’a? However, when you fly over Nandi Hills, you think we live in Canaan because of the beauty of tea plantations. Those plantations are not ours. We are living in a neo-colonialism era. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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"content": "Those are areas where our people were evicted from and taken to other deplorable places and are living like animals. Multinational companies are the ones managing tea estates. For example, when you go to Kapchorwa Ward, the roads are impassible. The land there is not good because of occasional landslides. It is the same case in areas such as Cherondo and Tereno in the same Kapchorwa Ward. Access to electricity and water is a problem. The situation is the same in Chemilil- Chemase where we border Kisumu. Soba/Songor is one of the biggest wards in Tinderet Sub County. It also faces same challenges such as lack of roads, water and electricity. The National Treasury has violated the provisions of Article 219 and that is a big problem. I would have wished the Committee on Finance and Budget to sanction a few officials from the National Treasury who have violated Article 219 of the Constitution of Kenya. I hope that with the approval of the Cabinet Secretary Nominee, Hon. John Mbadi, we shall not see such incidences. I am happy that his county and village mate, Sen. M. Kajwang’, is in the House. Let him take this message to the Cabinet Secretary nominee for the National Treasury that violation of Article 219 should not be tolerated. I am happy that for the first time, the Senate has rejected amendments from the National Assembly. The National Assembly has made a habit of even overlooking basic and obvious things. This is a violation of the Constitution. It is the National Assembly that should be forcing the National Treasury to release money from the Equalization Fund. Who is the beneficiary? If the National Assembly fights the Senate, who benefits? The money we fight for from morning to evening belongs to ordinary wananchi. They are the “Wanjikus”, “Onyangos” and “Kiprotiches” of this world. When you reject amendments from the Senate, are you fighting the Senate, Senators or the people? Madam Temporary Speaker, with those many remarks, I support the rejection of these National Assembly amendments. I thank you."
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
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"content": " Sen. Cherarkey, just for your information, three schools have visited the Senate today; Magoma Secondary School from Bomet County, Starehe Boys Centre and Friends School, Keveye Girls from Vihiga County. They have all been acknowledged, but they came in different tranches. Maybe, that is why you saw some walking in and out. However, the secretariat desk is alert to make sure they acknowledge every school. Proceed, Sen. Oketch Gicheru."
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"content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this chance to also pass a few comments on this particular Bill and report from the Committee that I am humbly part of. This proposal by the National Assembly should be rejected in totality. I hope that this House will be bolder to even reject any other proposition to deny counties money. For instance, I have seen in the fiscal consolidation proposal from the National Assembly that the monies for the counties from Division of Revenue Act (DORA) should be reduced from Kshs400 billion to Kshs380 billion. That must also be rejected. There is The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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"content": "a reason for this. The important fact is that counties do not have the instruments of alternative revenue generation through borrowing as the national Government does. Madam Temporary Speaker, if we keep on denying counties monies that belong to them it is detrimental to their financial health. More importantly, there is a part that Kenyans must understand in this particular Equalization Fund Appropriation Bill. A few Senators have confused a few facts here and there. I want to clarify that under Article 204 of the Constitution, there is establishment the equalization fund into which one-half per cent of all the revenue collected by the national Government each year, calculated on the basis of the most recently audited accounts of revenue shall be put into that fund. A few Senators have gotten it wrong. The Kshs 62.4 billion is what counties are entitled to using that formula. It is not the money that the National Treasury has allocated for the equalization fund. This is what the counties are entitled to. The National Treasury has allocated Kshs22.5 billion. That means that we have got about Kshs39.9 billion as a deficit in allocation. This is important because in terms of actual disbursement, the National Treasury, since inception has only disbursed Kshs13.6 billion. That means that this particular fund, which as Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale had indicated has a sunset clause, only received Kshs13.6 billion, leaving a debt by the National Treasury of about Kshs48.8 billion. This is serious because the National Treasury has consistently committed to finance that Kshs48.8 billion. I have been in the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget and any time the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury has showed up, they have committed. Madam Temporary Speaker, we have the Equalization Fund Appropriation Act of 2023 in place that covers financial year 2021/2022. We also have 2022/2023 in place. Notably, the National Treasury committed to our committee that they would pay this money, but they have not. Migori County has been denied this money. Miuru Bay, Miuru Ward, North Kanyamkago Ward, and Komosoko-Nyamosense in Kuria West Constituency are examples of wards that qualify for this fund in Migori County. I hope that one day the Senate will come to Senate Mashinani in Migori County. The economic potential between Miuru Bay, Luanda Konyango, North Kanyamkago, Komosoko-Nyamosense, Getonganya in Kuria West Constituency and Migori Town, is so---"
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