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    "id": 1161591,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "This Senate must congratulate itself because it has moved funds going to the counties up to Kshs370 billion. I know that there are fight about the conditional grants and allocations. However, it is a milestone that the funds went up from Kshs316.5 billion to Kshs370 billion. That is actually a serious feather in the cap of the Senate. I urge those who will move from this House to other positions; to be Members of National Assembly and especially those who are going to be Governors, not to forget the good work and the fight that this Senate has done. If you hear that Gov. Sakaja has refused to be summoned by the Senate, you should come and pinch me by the ear and pick me up from the City Hall. I have given you the permission to do that and remind me what we used to stand for. I am not being presumptuous; it is hope. They say that hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper. We must be hopeful and optimistic that we shall do this. Madam Temporary Speaker, it says here that from Kshs370 billion, an allocation which remains unchanged, and conditional allocation which means that the county governments can plan budgets and spend. Of course, we could have wanted it to be more, but that amount in itself is a sacrifice. I thank the President for getting us there. It was a sacrifice for that deal to be done. I hope that the next president will be one who supports devolution. Of course, you know whom I have in mind. The next president should support devolution and can make sure that we move beyond that Kshs370 billion and not stagnate. Madam Temporary Speaker, I know that you must truncate the debate because the Senate Majority Leader is here to reply. It is unfortunate that very few Senators have spoken to the most important legislation; The Division of Revenue Bill. I am sure many are following online. When it comes to the Committee of the Whole, we shall hear suggestions that can improve this Division of Revenue Bill, so that it is not just a rubberstamp. The Senate Majority Leader says that we can be a conveyor belt, but sometimes, some improvement can help to improve this situation."
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