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    "id": 1186024,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support the Bill just as many of my colleagues who have spoken before me have done. I was a bit surprised by some of the submissions that I heard from my senior brother, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, the Senator for Kakamega County. I do not know where he has disappeared to. I wanted to take him through how to understand what a Bill is supposed to do. At the very back page of the Bill, there is a Memorandum of Objects and Reasons. It sets out clearly that the principle object of the Bill is to make provision for the transfer of Conditional Allocation from National Government Share of Revenue and from development partners to the county governments for the Financial Year 2022/2023 We are lucky that we have people who have a historical background of how we arrived here. When they were teaching us law, they told us that laws are sometimes passed to correct a very specific mischief. So, cannot want to understand why a Bill is being proposed or passed yet you do not want to read the memorandum of objects and reasons like my brother. You should ask yourself; what mischief is this particular Bill or law trying to cure. I am happy that Sen. Olekina has given us a background. He has told us that there were some people who were being mischievous trying to sneak in this conditional grants and loans as extra allocation for us to feel that they were supporting devolution. If there is further confusion, you can look at Clause 3 of the Bill which states out the object of the Act. When we were in Mombasa, I had the occasion to visit the Governor of Mombasa County. I invited him to come to our retreat and all the Senators were present. He said that county governments were suffering because these conditional grants were not included in the funds that were transferred in the last financial year because of the maters"
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