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    "id": 1489930,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Abass",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13587,
        "legal_name": "Abass Sheikh Mohamed",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you so much. I wish to contribute to the Consideration of the National Assembly Amendments to the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (Senate Bills No.19 of 2024). Our counterparts have not been very serious on these issues. The funds for the Senate have already been reduced so greatly, and the funds for counties have been reduced. While the National Assembly is looking for more money for the National Government Constituencies Development Funds (NG-CDF), they keep on reducing funds for counties, the Senate, and other open institutions. Eighty five per cent of this money collected by the national Government is from the taxpayers and is going to the National Assembly. Unfortunately, even the counties have received less than what they were supposed to get. Already, Kshs20 billion has been reduced from the money that we allocated through the Mediation Committee. The TMLF is reduced by Kshs10.5 billion. As you are aware, it is only KeNHA that comes under the national Government. KURA is doing the work on the municipalities, and yet municipality belongs to the counties. Therefore, that fund should have even gone earlier to the counties. The second one is KeRRA, and it is within the mandate of the counties. This same fund has been reduced by Kshs10.5 billion. As a result of the previous El-Nino rains, many roads have been damaged, and most of the roads in the rural areas are not portable today. Therefore, the reduction of these funds has not been fair. Another thing is minerals in this country are not found in the national office. It is found in the community land. The land that is owned by the communities is where we find the minerals, and most of this land is managed by the counties. They have reduced this money by Kshs1.1 billion. This is not fair; we need to get even more money. The money that has been generated within certain areas of the counties should go back and belong back to the counties. The court fines were also reduced by Kshs30 million. These are also not in order. There are counties that are still living in the defunct municipal 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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