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    "id": 1442203,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai",
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    "content": "(Kitui South, JP: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support this Report. I have listened to the Chairperson as he moved the Motion for adoption of Report. I have also listened to the Vice-Chairperson, Hon. (Amb.) Benjamin Lang’at, as he seconded it. Hon. Speaker, I am convinced that I cannot be very happy with the Budget and at the same time pretend to be unhappy with the Finance Bill that is supposed to fund that Budget. The proposals by this Committee to amend the Finance Bill have made this Bill very good and highly acceptable, especially after dealing with the matter of taxation of bread and motor vehicles, among others. I also support this Bill because it gives additional money to the counties. The county governments have been getting about Ksh385 billion. This the biggest amount we have ever seen. This Bill gives additional Ksh15 billion to the county governments. I am seated next to the very sharp CPA Hon. Mbadi, who told me, ‘If you are not sure of the figure, say “approximately”. Approximately Ksh15 billion extra has been allocated to the county governments. This money is for road projects, healthcare, agriculture, construction of markets water development, and other projects. What else do I want, Hon. Speaker? I want money to go to Kitui, Makueni, Machakos and Embu county governments for such projects. Hon. Cecily Mbarire said that the most difficult thing to do is to raise money for the county governments through Own Source Revenue (OSR) initiatives. What is contained in this Bill is a step in the right direction in terms of giving additional money to the county governments. Hon. Speaker, this Bill provides additional money to NG-CDF, which is the best public Fund in this country overseen by Members from across the political divide. The NG-CDF, as the best monitored, most evaluated and most successful public Fund, is getting Ksh30 million per constituency. Members on the side I am seated — I used to sit here when I was in Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya Coalition Party — should support this Bill because of the additional money allocated to NG-CDF. This is because our children are going to get more money. Yesterday I watched a girl I have been paying fees for. Let me stick to the Bill."
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