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    "id": 1063284,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1063284/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to the debate. I join my colleagues in welcoming Sen. A. Haji to the House. I also want to thank the Committee on Finance and Budget, led by Sen. Kibiru, who I know was running the Committee from a not so comfortable bed. I wish him a quick recovery. I also want to thank someone who participated in the public participation exercise; a young Kenyan called Robert Wakhungu Sakwa. He appeared before the Committee on Finance and Budget and provided his views on the Division of Revenue Bill. We need to get concerned. When you look at the list of the people who came for public participation, you will realise that it is the usual faces; National Treasury, Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) and International Budget Partnership (IBP). We need to get concerned when the COG does not take part in the conversation on division of revenue. It cannot be that they find it unnecessary to appear before the Senate just because they discussed it at Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council (IBEC). I also want to congratulate the entire House. This is a moment that we should be proud of, as a Senate. For the first time, since I joined this House, we have passed a Division of Revenue Bill without acrimony or fight with the National Assembly or the Executive. We have succeeded to increase the equitable share from Kshs316 to Kshs370 billion, which is a 17 per cent increment. As a result, my people of Homa Bay County will get at least Kshs8.3 billion that will be directed towards development."
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