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    "id": 1232769,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Thang’wa",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Division of Revenue Bill, 2023. As I support, I would like you to imagine if you had two uncles who you know very well are struggling financially. On your birthday, one of them tells you that he will give you Kshs500,000 and another one tells you he will give you a Kshs1 million, but you have to wait for about six months. With your wisdom, you know they are struggling financially. The one giving you Kshs500,000 has the cash with him. Would you take the Kshs500,000, or will you wait for Kshs1 million that you will be given in a couple of months to come? I believe you would take the available amount because you can see it and for sure, you know it is available. I want to equate this as a Government of that uncle who has the money and knows how much he has and how much he wants to share. Counties have been given money through letters and previous Division of Revenue Bills but these monies have not been disbursed to the counties. They are given certain amounts. They are told they will be given millions of shillings, but they are rarely disbursed to the counties until the end of a financial year. Mr. Speaker, Sir, to cure this, the current administration has come up with measures to make sure that they can only provide what is within the law, what is viable and what is available. I believe this Division of Revenue Bill, despite the counties not getting what they were proposing, at least, they will get a big share that is going to be remitted to them once we hit the national revenue target."
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