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    "speaker_name": "Bondo, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Ochanda",
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    "content": " Yes. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This is a good effort in terms of showing Kenyans that counties get much more money, regardless of whether their functions are done by themselves and are funded by themselves or from different sources. It is a very good indication that we are not only talking about the Ksh380 billion, and if Hon. Chairman went further to put all these additions together, we would have seen that county governments are getting a lot much more than what is indicated many times. However, the clean-up is not complete in terms of these other sources, particularly from the national Government. The national Government spends money on fertiliser whereas fertiliser is in agriculture and this is devolved. What amount of money is in that? This is not yet clear. If you also look at the many Regional or Semi-Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGAs) that are funded by the national Government, they are doing county functions. The Lake Basin Development Authority and many of these regional development authorities are basically doing functions that are supposed to be county functions and yet are funded by the National Government. If we put all those together, definitely there is a lot more money that goes to county governments. The other thing that Hon. Chairman may need to hear is in terms of where the national Government and county governments are co-matching, particularly he mentioned, health. We need to ask ourselves for how long is the national Government going to support Community Health The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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