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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ali Roba",
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    "content": "Bills of Financial Year 2023/2024, which is an Act of Parliament now and it has already been included. In the current County Additional Allocation Bill that we are processing for the Financial Year 2024/2025, we also managed to push further and have Kshs445 million included. This leaves a balance of about Kshs78 million only from what the national Government has promised; this has not been factored in. Before the Cabinet was dissolved, we were engaging the Cabinet Secretary and he had already agreed that it should be included in the current County Additional Allocation Bill to conclude the part of the contribution from the national Government. Now, I would like to take this opportunity to urge the five governors to expeditiously open a special purpose account to facilitate the funds flow under the conditional grants to be sent to them. Regarding these projects, they need to take the bull by the horn. I know based on experience for a project that was started eight years ago, the cost of completing it now will definitely be more than the cost at the time of tendering. They should not use that as an excuse. They need to top up what is required. This is because, other than the five counties that were lucky or unlucky to have been sponsored by the national Government for construction of county headquarters, the remaining 42 managed to build their own county headquarters using the shareable revenue they were receiving and their own source revenue. This means that they also need to be obligated to make sure these projects are completed and the public can benefit from them. Madam Temporary Speaker, I know this agenda has remained on the Order Paper for a long time. However, I wish to report that during that process, the handover has taken shape already and the governors have taken full responsibility for the project. We hope and pray that in about 12 months' time, all those projects will come to a conclusion, particularly in terms of structures. I beg to reply. However, pursuant to Standing Order No. 66(3), I request the putting of the question be deferred to a later date. I thank you."
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