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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ali Roba",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Thank you for informing my colleague, Sen. Cherarkey, that the Bill is sponsored by the Senate Majority Leader. So, I am only contributing as a Member, just like you despite the Committee on Finance and Budget processing the Bill. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the County Government Additional Allocations Bill (National Assembly Bills No.23 of 2023). This Bill allocates a whooping Kshs56.18 billion to county governments. This is a very important contribution in light of resource constraints. Remember, when the Division of Revenue Bill was being passed, the discussion was all about that money being too little for county governments. As such, this Kshs56 billion will go a long way in complementing the budgets of county governments, conditionally in line with the grant providers such as World Bank, the national Government and the rest. The Kshs56 billion in this Bill comprises additional financial allocation from the national Government share of revenue, amounting to Kshs15.18 billion. It also comprises conditional allocation to county government from court fines and royalties amounting to Kshs3.043 billion. There is also conditional allocation from proceeds of loans and grants from development partners, totalling to a whooping Kshs33.192 billion. Finally, we have the national Government expenditure on devolved functions converted to additional conditional allocation, totalling to Kshs4.129 billion. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the conditional grant also includes the conditional grant for aggregated industrial parks programme, amounting to Kshs4.5 billion. This programme is planned to be undertaken in 18 counties. Initially, it was envisaged and planned for the 47 counties to benefit from this fund at the rate of about Kshs100 million per county. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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