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    "id": 1437209,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1437209/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13599,
        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
        "slug": "sifuna-edwin-watenya"
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you look at the schedule this year, my county of Nairobi is getting an additional Kshs850 million on their equitable share of revenue. I will later be bringing a proposal here for amending the Sports Act. The proposal is that these counties must be forced to allocate at least one per cent of the money we send them for support of the registered county sporting associations. My governor will have no excuse because I have now given him an additional Kshs850 million. I also know that he put around Kshs500 million in the Joe Kadenge Stadium, what used to be known as City Stadium. As we speak, our national team is playing their World Cup qualifiers in Malawi. It is extremely embarrassing and a shame for this country. We hope that county governments can develop sporting infrastructure to the level where we can hold international matches in some of these institutions. The Governor of Nairobi City County will have no excuse because I want to see the completion of the Joe Kadenge Stadium, so that we can host international games there. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have also seen that Nairobi is getting an additional Kshs224 million for the CHPs. This is what we all promised during the campaigns. They play a critical role, especially in the densely populated areas in Nairobi such as the slum areas. They have been instrumental in ensuring that our people are in good health. Last year, we did not appear in the additional allocation list because we did not get any money for county headquarters or industrial parks. However, we continue to make the case that even if we do not qualify for some of these allocations like the ones for industrial parks, we qualify to be allocated resources just like the other counties for other things, including the construction of markets. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the only thing that we now must insist on as a House is the timely release of these resources to the county governments. We have had a debate here, including when we were managing the disasters that came---"
}