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    "id": 1382987,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutinda",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13206,
        "legal_name": "Boniface Mutinda Kabaka",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg your protection. That is how we were able to resolve that 6.4 per cent of the Kshs385.425 billion was to give us about Kshs410 billion. The issue of the medical equipment that had been mentioned earlier had been brought to zero during the mediation period. The 5.86 included, will give us the Kshs415 billion. It is one thing to give counties Kshs415 billion and another for the National Treasury to adhere to the timely cash disbursements that have been set. Without this, we will have a challenge. The other issue on the advocacy for more funds that have had Senators advocate for is because we have the issue of inflation that has increased. We have the issue of increased bank rates and the cost of Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) that have also been rendered to the county government. We also have the statutory cost and the 10 per cent annual increment with the salaries of the county staff which also becomes an increased recurrent cost to the county governments. Hence, they needed more funding. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I conclude, we talked about the pension, which I am happy about. It is the mandate of the National Assembly and I urge them to ensure they put more emphasis on oversighting the national Government expenditure. We normally focus our mandate on the county governments, but I am happy that in our previous Public Finance Management (PFM), our advice as a committee was that it is the responsibility of Parliament. We have a bicameral Parliament in Kenya that includes the National Assembly and Senate. We need to audit the reports within the stipulated duration of three months of the PFM Act such that we are going to ensure the money the Ministries have been given at the National Level is utilised as required. As I conclude, I am happy to note the monies for the pension which we discussed last week in the County Public Investment and Special Funds Committee (CPICSF) Report that was tabled here. We realized staff are not able to receive their funding. I am happy there has been Kshs1.65 billion which has been allocated to pension. There has been Kshs670 billion which has been allocated to education. In the Agriculture sector, I am happy to report that there has been Kshs2 billion has been allocated to the Coffee Cherry Advance Revolving Fund (CCARF) among other funds as far as the subsidised fertilizer is concerned. The issue of the passport has been highlighted. I am happy because about Kshs3.2 billion has been allocated to ensure people can get passports on time. All said, I take this opportunity to say that I officially reply."
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