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    "id": 1075762,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Looking through there is (d) plus (f), the allocation that is expected to go to the counties. Kwale County will be receiving slightly above Kshs8 billion, Mombasa County will receive Kshs7 billion, Tana River County will receive Kshs6 billion and Tharaka- Nithi will receive Kshs4 billion respectively. As the mover indicated, this is the equitable share that does not include conditional grants that have been put as part and parcel, now within this particular framework. Going again to the Second Schedule, there is the issue of the various counties and their ceilings. These ceilings must be entrenched so that any county assembly or county government will from the beginning know that this is the allocation that the county assembly and county executive should use and stick to those specific provisions that have been given in that particular allocation. The work that the Senate has done has not been in vain. Putting everything together, all the indicators and indexes to finally agree on having this share go to the counties is very key. The increase of Kshs53.5 billion is commendable. We hope that with the timely disbursement of these funds to the counties, we can begin to see the dream for what devolution was envisaged to be. We know that many people passed the Constitution of Kenya 2010 because of devolution and what that meant. When I hear the passion of the Senators who were speaking about protecting this devolution, then we are reaching a phase where this Committee together with other committee have a critical role to play in assuring that together with the various stakeholders, the National Treasury is able to move expeditiously to transmit these funds in a timely manner and also for county governments to utilize these funds efficiently within the counties and achieve the goals of devolution that the Kenyans so much yearned for when they passed the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. I support, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir."
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