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    "id": 1350438,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Chairman, I do not want to belabour the point by repeating myself on every clause. Allow me to make a brief statement. As I said before, if the Senate amends any of the Clauses of the Bill, it comes back to this House. We then decide whether it goes as a Senate proposal or reject it. Upon perusal of the amendments by the Budget and Appropriations Committee, we decided to reject them. We rejected it not because there is supremacy between this House and the other but purely, on principle. One of the issues under consideration was the library services. The Ksh424 million had been appropriated for 33 counties as an equitable share because this is a devolved function. So, when this Bill went to the Senate, they proposed adding a similar amount to the Ksh424 million we had already appropriated. This House has already passed the Appropriation Bill. So, the money we are drawing for MDAs or county governments is from the express authority of the Appropriations Bill. Therefore, there is no additional money to give. Two, we rejected the proposal by the Senate that county governments directly receive money from the conditional grants we give them. For example, money to build headquarters for five counties is sent directly to the State Department for Public Works because it plays a supervisory role. If we send the money directly to counties, we will remove the supervisory role from the relevant MDA. Let me repeat that we are against all the amendments to the six clauses and vote no."
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