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    "id": 1382912,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Onyonka",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onyonka Richard Momoima",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am happy to stand here and discuss this issue. First of all, I would like to thank my Chair, Sen. Ali Roba, who has been behaving like our father in our committee. His experience has helped because he has served as a Governor before. So, there were certain issues that he would bring forth to us. I know there is not a lot of time for me to say many things. So, I will be brief. One, I agree with my colleagues regarding the amount of money that we are asking for as Members of the National Assembly and the Senate, who have been in this committee. I support that we should stick to the figure of Kshs415 billion. That is not too much to ask and is what our responsibility is. I believe that is expected of us. Two, the key officers and the Government team that we engaged; I thank my teacher, Prof. Ndung’u, who has been coming to our committee constantly. Even when we tried to push him, he tried to explain. I hope he will change his heart and talk to the President that sometimes some of these things are a win-win. If we get the Kshs415 billion, I would see it as a bipartisan agreement on how we can move forward. My colleagues have discussed various issues. I am just going to pick about one or two. One, the National Assembly is using the audited reports for the Financial Year 2020/2021 for us to have this figure that is being given. Since then, if you realise, collectable revenue has increased. The expectation is that our revenue will be at about Kshs3.9 trillion. That is quite a substantive amount of money. Why can we not just increase the amount of money that we are giving the counties by 10 per cent? Simple logic. It makes sense and it will make sure that our counties operate fully for the reason that this amount of money will handle the issues of wage bill and take care of the factor of inflation and many other issues that are bedevilling the counties. Finally, my colleagues and I have raised it severally that let us sort out the issue of pending bills in our county governments. Some of our counties have money in the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services, Senate."
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