Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1292138,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1292138/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 256,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
        "slug": "enoch-kiio-wambua"
    },
    "content": "I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to also add my voice to the County Governments Additional Allocation Bill, 2023. I also thank my friend and brother, Sen. Wakili Sigei for yielding some time for me to contribute. It is a good day that the Senate is discussing additional allocations to county governments because under Article 96 of the Constitution, the Senate and individual Members of the Senate are required to oversight funds that are generated nationally and allocated to our counties. Whereas I support this Bill, there is need for cleaning it up because words have meaning. I am almost offended when we talk about the national Government allocating money to county governments when the true wording would be, allocation of resources of revenues to county governments, which resources have been collected nationally. It is the Treasury that is supposed to be allocating money to both the national Government and the county governments. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there would be need to reword this Bill so that someday, many years to come, when the great-grandchildren of the Senator for Kakamega, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale are seated in the House reviewing a Bill that their grandfather passed, they will not be wondering what the problem was with their grandfather and whether he read that Bill properly. Cleaning this Bill up will be important. On particulars of the Bill, I will only touch on three items because I do not have a lot of time. The first one is the First Schedule – additional funds for the construction of county headquarters. We must get to a point where we draw the line. I have been in this House for the last six years and every year, there is a conversation about money being allocated for the completion of construction of county headquarters. Those 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."
}