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    "id": 1161494,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1161494/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support this Division of Revenue Bill, 2022. This is part of our mandate as provided for under Article 218 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010. Ours is to ensure that we expeditiously process this Bill. The total shareable revenue is Kshs2.1 trillion. The national Government will get Kshs1.7 trillion, Equalization Fund will have Kshs7 billion, while county governments equitable share will be Kshs370 billion. I cannot be bamboozled by the percentages. The national Government will get Kshs2.1 trillion. The President admitted that we lose Kshs2 billion daily. I would have expected county governments to get at least Kshs500 billion, so that we can have meaningful developments in our counties. We fought for the third generation formula and it was protracted until all counties had an opportunity of getting additional money. Nandi County got an additional Kshs1.6 billion through equitable shareable revenue. It is sad that as the national budget increases, it is approaching more than Kshs2.1trillion and yet counties are still stuck on Kshs370 billion. There is the issue of the County Grants Bill which is at the mediation level between both Houses that will have served development partners to give more funds to counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, in as much as this amount of Kshs370 billion looks very nice to some people but I believe the numbers are more critical. In future, this amount of Kshs370 billion is not enough for our counties. We a need a minimum of Kshs500 billion. The challenge should be on how to fast track latest audited accounts so that counties can get what they deserve. In fact, most of these functions that have been devolved are more critical and are things that touch mwananchi more directly. When we talk of that feeder road somewhere in Kajiado, it so personal to that person that is using it before you get to the main tarmac road. It is so personal before you come to that expressway here in Nairobi. When you talk about a dispensary lacking medicine, somewhere in Mombo in Tinderet Sub County it is very critical. When you talk about a child in Cheptewrai"
}