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    "id": 1063337,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 373,
        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
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    "content": "Now that we are there in this session, I would like to support the Report and thank the Members of the Committee. We were in this Committee before and I thank them for the good work they have done now. Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to congratulate ourselves as Senators for the good work we did last year. Had we not stood firm and say that we cannot release funds to the counties, we would not be where we are today. The Executive did at that time try its best to arm-twist the Senate, but they did not manage. You realize that we are very strong when we work together as a team. If we get united for the sake of this country and the mandate of the Senate so that the Senators work together, we can achieve a lot. Little did we know that time the national Government can promise an extra Kshs63 billion to the Senate. Madam Temporary Speaker, that has happened now and, in fact, we have this Bill today which is proposing Kshs370 billion to the counties. However, again the Executive is trying to continuously trying that the funds be co-mingled together. There are two issues. Level 5 hospitals maybe is not supported by legal backing. However, the issue of fuel levy for which is Road Maintenance Fuel Levy Act for which we know that money is supposed to be used for road maintenance and administration. It is not acceptable that you can lump that together and co-mingles it with sharable revenue so that counties can allocate that money the way they want. Madam Temporary Speaker, this money which is allocated to counties normally is earmarked. Work programmes are sent to KRB and they are done for roads. The way it is today, this money will be spent to build houses. I do not accept. Not that we are getting Kshs370 billion, but the reality is actually that we are being cheated. Please let us remove that fuel levy money aside and make sure it is allocated even if the money goes below Kshs370 billion. There is the issue of Level 5 hospitals. There are no Level 5 hospitals in all the counties. They are only a few of them. If those counties are now going to get money it will be given to everybody equally, how will you manage those Level 5 hospitals where many people go there because the population and those attending those hospitals are many? Madam Temporary Speaker, money is allocated to counties every year through Division of Revenue Act to County Allocation of Revenue Act, but again the National Treasury is not allocating money on time to counties. The National Treasury must give counties on time."
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