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    "id": 1051892,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "It is sad that they can shift money so easily, that you can move Kshs1 billion on conditional grants and yet if you were to request for the additional funds to make it Kshs371 billion to counties, we would have to form ―Team Kenya‖ here to get it. Sen. Kibiru is right and this question must be asked. Catering Levy is part of entertainment tax in the Constitution. Why is this money not given to counties? That is something we have asked and we will continue addressing; it is not here. Although county governments have been given what would be a license to borrow, we have said in this report that they cannot borrow the way they want. We need to see a policy under Article 212 to guide national Government borrowing. There is something Sen. Sakaja missed and I think he should note that Government owes the Nairobi City County a lot of money in terms of property rates which they have not paid. That question is in this report and it has not been addressed. We will continue asking, on behalf of Nairobi residents and Kenya, why the Government The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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