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    "id": 1125921,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1125921/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kieni, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kanini Kega",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1813,
        "legal_name": "James Mathenge Kanini Kega",
        "slug": "james-mathenge-kanini-kega"
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    "content": "Development Bank (IDA), and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) among others. The conditional grants and loans from both the Gok and development partners were in addition to be included in the annual Division of Revenue Bill and the County Allocation Revenue Bill (CARA) each year, and were also put in the annual Appropriations Bill up to the 2020/2021 Financial Year. The High Court ruling on a Petition No.252 of 2016 provided that conditional grants be transferred from the Consolidated Fund into the County Revenue Bill, but barred the inclusion of conditional grants in the Division of Revenue Bill and CARA. The 2021/2022 Division of Revenue Bill and CARA did not include the conditional grants that were only appropriated or included in the Appropriations Bill, which created a lacunae as to what instruments or framework to be used to disburse the conditional grants and the role of the Senate is the same as the county assemblies. They are also barred from appropriating the resources. I am aware of the urgency by the House and the expectations of the nation to fast track and finalise this legislation. The Bill seeks to provide, pursuant to Article 202(2) of the Constitution, for conditional allocation for the Financial Year 2021/2022 and to facilitate the transfer of the conditional allocation made to counties from the Consolidated Fund Services (CFS) to the respective county revenue funds. The approval of this legislation will unlock over Kshs32.3 billion to the counties. According to the Constitution, the instruments to enable---"
}