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    "id": 1289297,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1289297/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I support the County Government Additional Allocation (National Assembly Bill No.23 of 2023). I hope that in future, the same way we process the National Assembly Bills with supersonic speed, our sister House shall do the same so that we do not have differences in processing Bills. I thank the Committee for coming to look at the Bill. These are the issues we have been raising. Many people have been asking what the role of devolution is. This is a great milestone because in the past, we had not ring-fenced most of the funds that were going to the County Revenue Fund (CRF). I am happy that it is in line with Article 202(2) of the Constitution, which states that: - “The county government may give additional allocations from the National Government share of the revenue either conditionally or unconditionally”. This is very critical. When we passed Kshs370 billion in the last financial year, many of our colleagues on the Minority side who unfortunately are not present in the House, complained a lot. They were being selective by telling our people that Senators cut down allocations to counties, yet this is way above the revenue we are giving to counties. 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."
}