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    "id": 1063380,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary, Speaker, from the onset, I want to state that I support the Bill and the amendments that have been proposed by the Committee. I congratulate the Committee for doing a good job. They have advised the House on matters concerning the conditional grants. As per the decision of the court, the Division of Revenue Bill should only deal with shareable revenue between the two levels of the government. It should not be shrouded by other conditional grants, which mislead the public that the counties are getting a lot of money, yet that money is not shared equitably among the counties. It must go to the annals of history that we achieved the Kshs370 billion after a very protracted fight, which kept us in this House for three to four months. We negotiated continuously. In fact, the process went for more than a year, but it was intense in the last four months. Some of our colleagues were arrested, intimidated and harassed, but the experience serves as a lesson to those who will choose to practice politics. They should know that standing by the right thing helps the whole country to benefit, and not just them. When we started the debate on the allocation of revenue formula, Elgeyo- Marakwet County was among the counties that were supposed to benefit. It was supposed to get Kshs300 million. Many people from my county criticized me. They said that I was anti Elgeyo-Marakwet and they questioned the reason I was supporting the counties that were losing money. However, I am glad to tell the country that by standing with the counties that were supposed to lose resources, Elgeyo-Marakwet County is now getting an extra Kshs700 million. That came in because I stood for the right thing. Therefore, we should always stand for the right thing. I hope that the Executive will not accede to the process of this Bill, just to meet its short term interest. We want the resources meant for the counties to be transferred to them. At the moment, the counties are having arrears of over three months and cannot function. We have given the counties Kshs371 billion and we should also ensure that the disbursements happen in time. This is a challenge to the Controller of Budget and the institutions that have the constitutional responsibility, such as National Treasury, which"
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