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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "index, there is 1 percent that goes to the specific counties that are properly managing their resources. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know in the next financial year, we will begin the conversation of the fourth generation formula for dividing or sharing resources amongst counties. We need to in-build this particular matter so that we demand our county governments to manage their resources better, so that we know that my county is currently doing 70 per cent. It is a shame that if you ask a good number of Senators in the House what the split in their counties between recurrent and development expenditure is – these reports are available in the House, unfortunately, very few of them know the numbers off-head, yet that informs the direction that their counties take. If your governor is spending 20, 25 or 15 per cent on development, it will not matter how much noise you make or demand prudent use of resources. If it is a small quarter or allocation, unfortunately, your constituents will never realize the proper fruits of devolution as enshrined in our Constitution and as our people expect of us. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is unfortunate that we find ourselves in this situation. I will be moving, together with colleagues in leadership, a joint Motion, concrete with resolutions. We shall expect the Controller of Budget and the Auditor- General that each of our counties file a recovery plan, so that we get a final solution. With those many remarks, I beg to move. Mr. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order No. 66(3), I beg to move that putting of the question on this Motion be deferred to a later time, bearing in mind the quorum issue and the need for our Whips to mobilize. I thank you."
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