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    "id": 1075763,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the County Allocation of Revenue Bill (Senate Bills No. 30 of 2021). Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let me begin by thanking the Committee for carrying out a very good job in ensuring that our counties receive money. One of the things that really impresses me this year and that I am very grateful for is that the County Allocation of Revenue Bill does not include conditional grants. Conditional grants, as you will see in the submission by the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA), was being used to make counties appear as if they were receiving money. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, during the debate on revenue formula, we all argued because Senate was coming up with figures and National Treasury was very clear and saying, we do not have this money. I find it a little bit ludicrous that we are pushing National Treasury so much to send money to counties, we increase revenue allocation to counties yet counties have not received that money. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not know what we are going to do to ensure that these counties have the money. When I was reading through this very good Report which that has been prepared also with the input of county assemblies, I find it very difficult to"
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