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    "id": 1160982,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, that is right. Thank you for that information. I was basing it on the last agreement. Obviously, with the new proposals, this figure was scaled up much higher. In fact, we are expecting it to be upwards Kshs500billion. Now it is Kshs495 billion, just short of Kshs5 billion to reach Kshs500 billion. That is the figure we are talking about. In addition, there are conditional grants which come in different formats. In this Bill that is before us, there are conditional grants from the World Bank to finance the transforming of the health care system; agricultural and rural inclusive growth projects; and the Kenya climate agriculture project. There are also conditional allocation grants from the European Union (EU) to finance instruments for devolution advice and support ideas programme. There are also conditional grants from the World Bank Credit to finance water and sanitation projects. There are conditional grants from the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) to finance universal healthcare in the devolved system. There are also conditional grants financed by World Bank on the Kenya Devolution Support Project (KDSP). There are also conditional loans from the Government of Sweden to finance the agriculture sector. In fact, there are many conditional grants from donor funding agencies. The funds are given to us to finance specific programmes and projects in county governments. For conditional grants, it is through money borrowed by the national Government and it is shareable to county governments. This is done to ensure that county governments have their share of whatever is available at the national level. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when you total up all these resources, they are over Kshs495 billion. We passed DORA last year. Yesterday, I guess it came through here. That DORA has been sitting in the National Assembly. We have no business to continue with that debate until this money is released. I say so because when I look around here - and you will forgive me for being a bit selfish - I see in the case of Kisii County, the total conditional grants from the national Government revenue is Kshs879,284,082 in the Financial Year 2020/2021. In the Financial Year 2021/2022, it totals Kshs153,297,872. This money is can help the County Government of Kisii to move forward. If you look at our sister, Nyamira County Government, the conditional grants for Financial Year 2020/2021 is Kshs351,822,008 and for the Financial Year 2021/2022, is 153,297,872. So far, total condition grants from the national Government revenue in the case of Kisii is only a peanut of Kshs153,297,872. The same applies for Nyamira. We cannot continue to pass the Division of Revenue Bill in this House when a lot of money is held back by the national Government."
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