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    "id": 1483729,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ali Roba",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Receive my apologies for coming in a bit late. I take this opportunity for the purpose of making sure that hon. Senators are on the same page on the County Governments Additional Allocation Bill (Senate Bills No.19 of 2024) and why we have to reject the Bill as amended by the National Assembly. Hon. Senators, what gives us the moral authority to criticise our county governments is, if we do our sworn responsibilities of protecting devolution at all costs. That is the only time we will be able to have the moral authority to criticise what the governor has done or not. The Road Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF) is collected by the Kenya Roads Board (KRB). It is supposed to maintain national truck roads and county roads. Now, the entire Kshs10.5 billion has been removed from the County Governments Additional Allocation Bill (Senate Bills No.19 of 2024). This is is the first time it is happening. About two years ago, that money was erroneously lumped up into the Division of Revenue Act (DORA) and alleged that it is part of Act. The Senate as well as the Council of Governors (COG) fought very hard to indicate that this is a fund appropriated by an Act of Parliament and it cannot be lumped up under the DORA. An allocation of Kshs10.5 billion was done under the County Governments Additional Allocation Bill (Senate Bills No.19 of 2024) as it has been for the last 11 The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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