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    "id": 1160909,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1160909/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "I do not know about that. What I am trying to say is that there is a pending matter that should have been concluded before the Division of Revenue Bill was brought for debate on the Floor of this House. Listening to yesterday’s debate on the Division of Revenue Bill, the Senate Majority Leader said that shareable revenue that will go to the counties is Kshs370 billion. Of course, I know that in the Report by the Committee on Finance and Budget, they had proposed Kshs495 billion to go the counties. I know that, that matter will come up during Third Reading. We are already at the risk of passing less money to go to counties this financial year. Because of our impatience to wait for mediation, we risk losing more money, that is, Kshs70 billion, to go to county governments. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when the Senator for Kitui goes to the county, as I often do, one of the things that I assure the people of Kitui County is that my business is to push for more funds to my county. Irrespective of who is pushing it, it can never be my business to support a process that denies my county more funds. On this one, I want to stand with Senators who mean well for their counties and say without blinking an eye that we can pass the Division of Revenue Bill at the Second Reading, but that is where it should stop and wait for the County Governments Grants"
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