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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I join you in welcoming distinguished Senators back to the House after the long recess through the holidays of end and beginning of the year with the challenges of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the emerging tensions caused by political activities in the country. Now that we are back, I just want to say one or two things. First, the composition of the SBC is not an issue because what they will do is what matters. I believe that under your able leadership, the Committee will be able to navigate and drive the business of the House that meets expectations of Kenyans. Mr. Speaker, Sir, equally important is as we go towards the budget cycle for this financial year, I want to urge the Chairperson of the Committee on Finance and Budget and Members - that include me because we did pass the formula that gave additional resources to our counties that we represent - to be more vigilant. This is because the drums that we are hearing beating from the National Treasury are not very encouraging. It does appear like the formula that we passed in its very first application is going to be honoured in breach. That is not a good idea. We want to see that whatever happens with national purse, the first point of honour by the Executive, the National Treasury and the Government is to honour the promise given of Kshs370 billion in the Budget that is coming in very due course. We want to see counties feeling, tasting and benefiting from the new formula that we painstakingly passed here. I encourage those in the Committee on Finance and Budget, more particularly the distinguished Senator for Kirinyaga County to engage the National Treasury in a more robust manner than has been before so that it does not exercise discretion they do not The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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