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    "id": 1231593,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1231593/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Chute",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13583,
        "legal_name": "Chute Mohamed Said",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. This Division of Revenue Bill was brought from the National Assembly Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 9 of 2023). Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the projected revenue as indicated for the financial years 2023/2024, is Kshs2.571trillion. The National Government allocation is Kshs2.155 trillion which amounts to about 84.7 per cent. County governments allocation is about Kshs385.4 billion which is equivalent of 15 per cent. The Equalization Fund is expected to receive Kshs8.4 billion and also not forgetting the Library Fund which is Kshs425 million for only 33 counties, if I am not wrong. The President intends to reduce the budget by Kshs300 billion which is about 12 per cent of our total revenue. If the President is going to reduce the budget by Kshs300 billion, that means, he is going to reduce the expenditure by Kshs300 billion. So, if the 2022/2023 budget for the counties was at Kshs370 billion and the President wants to reduce the expenditure by 12 per cent which is Kshs300 billion, what the county is supposed to get as indicated by the President is supposed to be Kshs358.4 billion not the Kshs385 billion the Committee is talking about. This country is experiencing a lot of corruption issues. The corruption today stands at 30 per cent. If we reduce this corruption which is in the counties and also in the national Government by only 20 per cent, we are going to reduce monies to the counties; first of all, monies to the national Government by Kshs500 billion. The amount that is going to be reduced if we are to reduce by 20 per cent is going to be Kshs81billion. That means that counties will be left with Kshs324 billion to share. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, our President, when we were at The State House, indicated that we are not going to borrow any money. If the Government is not going to borrow money and we are increasing monies to the counties and the national Government, how does it work? How are you going to say we are not going to borrow money and yet you are increasing funds to the national Government and to the county governments? We are going to be in big trouble, and we are going to face problems. We need to live within our means like Sen. Mungatana has said. We would rather eat ugali and"
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