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    "id": 1406050,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1406050/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "In this proposed division of revenue, which I concur with the Committee, they have said that we will give the national Government about Kshs1.570 trillion because the projected revenue is about Kshs2.948 trillion. Out of this, we will give the national Government 86.4 per cent of all the money that we are going to collect. County governments take only 13 per cent. This goes to the Committee on Finance and Budget. Because of your diligence, your agility and dedication to service, which is helping this country, what we need to do is to find a way to push. It may mean coming up with a piece of legislation to push the National Assembly to fast-track approval of the current financials. We should not be relying on 2020, yet we are in 2025. Seriously, what exactly are we doing? Mr. Temporary, Speaker, Sir, because of time and I know my colleagues would want to comment, the people of Kenya must know that the MES project has now been scrapped. That gives us more money. It is almost Kshs5.8 billion, which has now been repurposed. That money should go back to counties. That is why no one in their rightful mind should object to the amount albeit little. I mean the money is not too much, but the amount of Kshs415.9 billion proposed by the Committee is peanuts compared to the amount of money that we are giving the national Government. The fact that we have scrapped a service that was consuming about Kshs6 billion, we have that money. Save the counties. I plead with my colleagues that when you are here, remember your first duty is to the people of Kenya who elected you. Your second duty is to remember the Article of the Constitution that puts you here and what it says. Article 96 of the Constitution is for you to defend the interests of counties and their governments. Thirdly, as I conclude, I also want to remind county governments about Articles 226(5) and 125 of the Constitution. As long as I am a Member of this House, our oversight committees will take you to task to demonstrate how you have been diligent in using public funds. We have a Motion, which I hope we will conclude, to try and instill or inculcate the culture of fiscal discipline in our counties. It is only then that we will leave this country a better country than we found it. County governors should leave feel-good statement, where they want to be seen as if they are supporting the national Government. You should not be kissing asses of other people in the national Government. In fact, what you should do is to go---"
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