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    "id": 1173219,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "Most importantly and for purposes of budgeting, we will avoid the constant amendments that were being channeled left right and centre because the National Treasury was entering into negotiations on these grants mid-year, or at any time during the year. This framework will allow for budgeting at the point of passing the Division of Revenue Bill, the County Allocation of Revenue Bill and Budget Policy Statement (BPS) to be in line. Therefore, I am a proud person. If there is one piece of legislation that I am proud of as a Member of the Committee on Finance and Budget, it is the Bill that I am seconding. This Bill is a product of a court process, where the CoG and other stakeholders, including ourselves, challenged the manner in which conditional grants are disbursed. In a book that I read just before the promulgation of the Constitution, the World Bank was very concerned that these conditional grants, both by the national Government and our development partners, would be used to claw back on devolution. This is where we have put an end to that claw back, because we have an entry point and we can participate and audit. The proposal by the National Assembly was to put it in the Appropriations Bill, like they had done in the last Act that was signed into law by His Excellency the President. They would have used the money whichever way, just like they attempted to do with the Equalization Fund. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I second and hope that at some point, you will put the question, so that this Bill is passed before we leave. Passing the County Allocation of Revenue Bill and leaving this behind is not helpful. It is like cutting your nose to spite your face. Ideally, the two should go together. I presume that we will resume soon to discuss the debt ceiling. Let us vote on whatever is remaining before Members debate and pass, or reject the debt ceiling, which is also a critical matter to the economy and discussions that we are having. The faster we have it here, the better before we go back to the field, but it is good to be back in Nairobi. I second."
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