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    "id": 1291497,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1291497/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
        "slug": "enoch-kiio-wambua"
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    "content": "Clearly it is not very useful, but it is information anyway. So, there will be a need to relook at that Schedule. When you look at a County like Kiambu, unfortunately, the Senator for Kiambu is not here, they have an allocation for court fines of Kshs5 million and an allocation for mineral royalties of Kshs10 million. Now, when you go to places where we thought there was serious mining taking place, there is no allocation for mining. Like in Nyamira, I thought that it was the home of soapstone. There is no allocation at all on the matter of mineral royalties. Therefore, I propose that the whole of the Second Schedule be relooked. Lastly, is on the matter of the wording of the Bill. I mentioned yesterday and I want to emphasize that if we continue to hold the view that the national Government can allocate funds to county governments, to that extent, we may never talk about the separation of roles and functions between the national Government and the county governments. I take a great exception to any reference made in this Bill on national Government revenue being allocated to county governments. This is because, then the real situation would be, if the national Government revenues are being allocated to county governments, then we are talking about the transfer of services. We are saying that this is a function that is supposed to be done by the national Government, this is the amount of money that has been allocated in the budget, and then that function and funds can be reallocated to the county governments. However, if the reference is to the money from the National Treasury going to the county governments and the national Government, then that distinction must be made clear."
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