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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I wanted to inform my very good friend, Sen. Gloria, that I hear where she comes from, but I do empathize with the fact that we are not discussing whether to reduce the money spent by county assemblies or the executive or not. The money we are talking about is Equalisation Fund, which is a fund that was put in place to intervene for communities that were marginalised under Sessional Paper No.10 of 1965. The current problem we are facing, as a Senate, is that since the Financial Year 2021, the National Treasury has committed to give money to counties to this Fund and they have failed consistently towards that. That money has actually been ringfenced. It is not even county government money. It is national Government’s money that is executed by the national Government and that needs to go to counties. It has nothing to do with the spending of counties or the County Assembly. It is a simple fact that the National Treasury has not honored its commitment. This money could as well be wasted in the National Treasury. It is important to distinguish that, hon. Senator."
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