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    "id": 1462708,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1462708/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13162,
        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget and the Motion they brought to the House that we reject the amendments of the National Assembly on the Equalisation Fund Bill. Article 204 of the Constitution establishes the Equalisation Fund and says- there “shall,” not may, be paid one-half per cent of all the revenue collected by the national Government each year calculated on the basis of the most recent audited accounts of revenue received as approved by the National Assembly. The base is not an estimate. It is actual revenue as audited and approved by the National Assembly. It is science, not voodoo, not politics and not an estimation. Madam Temporary Speaker, on the basis of that science, the Senate proposed that we allocate Kshs10,867,400,000 to the Equalisation Fund. The National Assembly proposes we allocate Kshs10,077,400,000 to the Fund and we wonder, what science or mathematics they are using? The base is prescribed and specified in the Constitution. If we are to agree with the National Assembly, we will be abdicating our role and running away from the Constitution. I cannot support that proposal by the National Assembly because, Homa Bay County was meant to get Kshs138 million. If we go with the National Assembly's proposal, Homa Bay loses Kshs10 million. We get only Kshs128 million and yet, we have The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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