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    "id": 1505608,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity. I support the report because we do not want to give our governors any excuses. Our governors have been giving us excuses that they do not have money and that is why they have not paid this or that. However, we know that the process of development in a county is such that you must have an annual plan. If governors truly have annual plans, they should only plan for the money that they have. We should not be having a lot of pending bills. Pending bills have been one excuse and we do not want to be part of that excuse. I support that we get the money released, so that the governors can move on and get things going. All the same, I still think that we have not given counties enough money up to now from the inception of devolution. It is a fact that we have functions stated in the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution. These functions are different for the national and county governments. It is extremely important that we start ensuring that money follows functions. Therefore, when we are dividing the money, we should not just do so arbitrarily, but make sure that the functions are funded according to where we are right now. In fact, if 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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