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    "id": 1160966,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13131,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "We must remind Kenyans. You cannot stand as a Government and say; “We have given counties money.” Who are you? You do not give money to counties. It is the Constitution that gives counties, through the Senate, by division of revenue. The national Government then gets its share of revenue collected in the country and county governments get theirs. The challenge many are going to face here, especially those prospective governors like Sen. Kibiru, is that you will have done a budget in your county and your MCAs have passed your estimates. However, somebody sitting at the national Government in the National Treasury, refuses to release cash through the Controller of Budget (CoB). Your people say you are not doing any work and you are being given money like a drip. You will then be removed from office. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if there is something this Senate must do, it is to debunk that wrong thinking that counties get their money from the national Government. In fact, we need to free CoB from the funds that are decided to go to counties. These funds should move from the purview of the National Treasury. As soon the County Allocation of Revenue Bill is done and signed into law, that amount of money should be treated like from the Consolidated Fund and that there is no approval process from the National Treasury. What business does the National Government have to approve money going to Narok County, yet the Senate and the Narok County Assembly have passed it and that is what the Constitution says? That is completely unconstitutional. That is how we will free our counties to operate and have real development in our counties."
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