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    "id": 1483736,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1483736/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13599,
        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the CHPs of Nairobi, I will vote to oppose any reduction in the monies that was allocated for them. The Road Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF) reduction of Kshs10.5 billion is, as the Committee rightfully notes, a contravention of the Constitution. This is because if under Schedule 4, a role is defined to be a county role, then it follows the constitutional principle requires that, that role be financed. For you to remove the entire RMLF allocation for county roles under Schedule 4 is a contravention of the Constitution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the Financial Year 2023/2024, counties had been allocated Kshs4.5 billion for industrial parks. Of course, they were launched with a lot of fanfare. I remember receiving a phone call from my mother in the village, that right across from her house, the President was there launching an industrial park and that she was going to have - in her own words - a place to sell her milk and chicken. For all that the counties were supposed to benefit from these industrial parks, they only received a total of Kshs1.12 billion, even despite the allocation of Kshs4.5 billion. So, counties that were expecting Kshs250 million for industrial parks received only Kshs62 million. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you allow me, I have a photo on my phone that my mother sent me this afternoon of that site where the President launched with much fanfare, across from her house. Everything has stalled and there is no hope for either getting a market for her chicken or the milk."
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