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    "id": 1186118,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mumma",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. It is good that we are putting in place a framework to bring order in the matters of financing county functions in this country. Since the onset of devolution, we have had a lot of confusion around the issues of functional assignment, the national Government supporting activities that fall under county government functions, and development partners supporting activities that fall under the county government functions. I happen to have worked at the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) during the initial years. In the first term of county governments, they suffered a lot. This is because several political partners literally refused to fund their functions. They believed that counties governments should not receive those funds, but instead they should be channeled through the national Government Ministries. Madam Temporary Speaker, this Bill will help to account for all funds that the people of Kenya will receive as grants, loans and other funds that come from the development partners. Funds that come from development partners are public funds. They are not a charitable allocation that we should not account for. This Bill will bring a bit of sanity in ensuring that the people of Kenya are able to know exactly how much money has been deployed to counties towards the development of counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I support the Bill, I would like to support Sen. Mungatana’s proposal that we cannot mix the provisions of this additional funds and"
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