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    "id": 1464086,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1464086/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to make my contribution to this important Senate Bill. This Bill is focusing on additional allocations to county governments. The main object of the Bill is to provide a framework in terms of additional allocations from proceeds of loans and grants and the transfers from the national Government. My opening remarks are that this Bill is coming at a time when we have gone through the initial budget. We had an Appropriations Act which we have now revised to come up with a Supplementary Appropriation Act. We are all aware that as a result of that revision, the initial allocation to counties was equitable share of Ksh400.01 billion. As a result of the downscaling, which was as a result of this Finance Bill 2024 not being approved, we have come down to Ksh380 billion equitable share. Having said that, you realise that even on the issue of additional resources, there has been a bit of scaling down for some areas. Since we have approved the Supplementary Appropriation Act 2024, automatically, some of the proposals in this Bill will also have to be amended downwards. We are debating the Bill as it is. We have no choice but to amend some sections and, more so, the schedules so that the figures are aligned to the already approved Supplementary Appropriation Act, 2024."
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