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    "id": 1012518,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1012518/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Makali Mulu",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1955,
        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
        "slug": "benson-makali-mulu"
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, allow me to thank my Chairman for moving the Bill. He was struggling with time since he had only 10 minutes. I have only five minutes. I will rush to see whether I can catch up. I want to thank him for focusing on the figures. So, I will not dwell on that aspect. I have seen Kenyans complain that the National Assembly has delayed this Bill, but I would like to inform them that the Bill was tabled last week on Thursday, the only sitting day from that day is today, and we are now debating the Bill. I am hopeful we will dispense of this matter by the end of today. Hon. Speaker, this Bill focuses on horizontal sharing of revenue. The Division of Revenue Act passed in this House in April allows the vertical sharing of revenue. As the Chair has said, it has taken so long to have the horizontal sharing law passed by the Senate yet this is one of their key responsibilities. After all is said and done, we now have the Bill and we should dispense with it. I want to make a few observations as I support the Bill. We do not have a choice, but to support the Bill so that the counties can access resources. Hon. Speaker, focusing on conditional grants, I would like to request my colleagues that it is time we asked hard questions. Last year, we had a long mediation. I remember Hon. Mbadi, and the former Leader of the Majority Party, were part of that team. One of our key recommendations was that the leasing of medical equipment be outsourced. The Senate took that recommendation, ran with it and they have not given us a report. This year, we have allocated Kshs4.2 billion to this programme. For how long are we going to do this? We have been doing this for the last seven years. Are we getting value for money?"
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