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    "id": 1012525,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, allow me to rise to support this Bill that has been very ably brought by the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I commend them for the work they have done. We were worried when we saw that the Bill was passed in the Senate with amendments, which is very unusual. It is probably their nomenclature that has issues. We were looking for those amendments, but we could not find them. I must thank the Committee for going through the Bill and confirming to us that it conforms to the basis that we passed in this House. As we said last time when we were discussing the basis, we are all concerned with the unjustified delay in the passage of this Bill. Counties are suffering. When I listen to Hon. (Prof.) Anyang’ Nyong’o lamenting about what is happening in Kisumu and other governors, including the Chair of the Council of Governors (CoG), it is very clear that people are suffering. Even as we try to revive the economy and to put more money to stimulate the economy during this COVID-19 period, with Kshs316 billion stuck in Nairobi, a quarter of that money would have stimulated the economy. When you add a multiplier of six, Kshs90 billion going to the counties would have meant about Kshs500 trillion would have stimulated the economy. Thanks to our colleagues in the Senate dillydallying and forming themselves into groups and wearing fancy ties for a whole year, we have had this delay. We hope this is the last time it is happening, because even at the end of it all, nothing new seems to have come out of it. We are still allocating money the same way we did, which is what they would have agreed on from day one. County governments would have received their money. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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