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    "id": 1502638,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Hon. DK is Hon, David Kiplagat, MP for Soi. Let me reiterate something that we said yesterday as well. We must stick to the constitutional principles even when it comes to matters of public finance in this country. We want transparency. Some of the things that were delaying even the process were, that we, in the Senate, were insisting on some transparency. For instance, we were asking if the Finance Bill of 2024 was supposed to raise an additional Kshs380 billion. We need to be shown the programmes for which this money had been planned so that we see if we have lost the entire Kshs380 billion, and which programmes were there for devolution that we can remove. There was also this claim that the national Government was reducing its budget or its allocation by Kshs320 billion. We need to be shown those figures, so that we are clear and nobody is playing their cards under the table. If everything is put on the table, it is very easy for us to agree. Therefore, with those many remarks, I want to thank the House again for giving me the opportunity to be a Member of the Mediation Committee and hope that in the future we will be able to grow the path of devolution year on year out. I second."
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