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    "id": 1169439,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Poghisio",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Losuron Poghisio",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for the opportunity, not just to respond to my neighbour, but also contribute to the debate on the Additional Allocations Cash Disbursement Schedule for FY 2021/2022. I thank Sen. Farhiya who has ably moved it and Sen. Faki for seconding. I want to assure colleagues that this is an important Bill to enable us send money to our counties. The money is not part of the County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA). This is additional money in form of conditional grants from other sources and they are good for the counties. The good thing, which Sen. Cherargei should probably think about, is that these monies are sent for specific functions. For example, we have some counties that have county headquarters to build like Isiolo, Lamu, Nyandarua, Tana River and Tharaka Nithi. That money is specifically for building county headquarters. We also need to realise that Equalisation Funds have specific functions because they go directly to the areas of operation. Even within the county, they go down to sublocations where they are required. Therefore, I suggest that we pass this Bill. Let us give it priority because the money is overdue. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to allay fears about the governors. Governors who are waiting to use the money for elections and so on will not get the opportunity to do so, partly because processes take time, elections are coming and everyone is now careful. They will be unable to use the funds on their own things. I agree with the Senator who said that constitutional organs of this country, including the IEBC, need to be on the lookout for any of the businesses that some of them are waiting for. Some want to give themselves retirement benefits, yet they already have that budgeted for. I urge Members that we proceed to vote for this because I know very soon we will do another disbursement schedule. Maybe we will worry about that a bit, but this one is specific for particular functions."
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