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    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": "money. That is why the Budget and Appropriations Committee, in the Budget Policy Statement, went ahead and added Ksh4 billion in conditional grants to our county governments. The money is already there and is not touched. It is for the same reason as was stated by Hon. Junet and Hon. Fatuma that our counties need more money. It is for the same reason that we increased the money that is going to our counties vertically from Ksh375 billion to Ksh391 billion even beyond the constitutional threshold of 15 per cent. The current consideration or allocation is 24 per cent. We, therefore, agree that our counties need more money. It is the same way we agree that we need more money in the NGAAF. We need more money for electricity, the agricultural sector and all the other sectors. We agree on that. The only thing I beseech the Members to consider is that when we are dealing with a static deficit of 2.9 per cent, we are dealing with a closed envelope. In that closed envelope, if we want to increase money in the shareable revenue (the equitable share), then something has to give way. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the low-lying fruit across this debate, because it is not new, and I want Members to listen to me carefully… If there are Motions that we bring to the House as the Budget and Appropriations Committee, which are almost indifferent, it is like this one. Whichever way the House votes, the Budget and Appropriations Committee is okay with it. The only thing that I want to beseech this House is, when you bring the Estimates and you see some cuts in other areas, we will only be fulfilling your vote today. When we vote to increase money from Ksh391 trillion to Ksh415 billion, the Budget and Appropriations Committee is indifferent because we are your servants. We target most as Government and Parliament where there has been increments. If we look at the Budget Policy Statement, which areas had increments? One area that had an increment, and therefore, is low-lying fruit, is Ksh50 million for electricity to every constituency."
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