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    "id": 1231924,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to support the Division of Revenue Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 9 of 2023). As most of my colleagues have said, Article 96 is clear. Our unique role as the Senate is to protect devolution. I remember after Covid-19, almost two years ago, we had a push and pull on whether we allocate resources based on population or land mass. Those are conversations we had under Article 202 of the Constitution. We discussed the County Allocation of Revenue Bill and the Division of Revenue Bill at the Floor of the House. This is a Bill we should all support. This is the essence as to why this Senate is here. I know there is the Committee on Delegated Legislation. We are lucky to have you being the first governor of Kilifi County for two terms. We should push to ensure functions follow costing and vice versa . The Senate must take a step and be accountable on how many functions are yet to be devolved. That is how we can allocate money. Mr. Speaker, Sir, for example, Kenya National Library Services (KNLS) has now been given Kshs425 million. We want literacy programmes to improve in our counties to ensure that, our children through, Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) get that capacity. There is one thing I want the Committee to do. I agree with my colleague that our committees do not sit in vain. We should ensure all the devolved functions we are talking about as per the Fourth Schedule, like the transfer of library services, are transferred."
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