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    "id": 1510004,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Chairperson. I see the Mover is smiling broadly because he knows I am happy to do this. I support the proposal by the Committee. Members need to understand that in this sitting, we are being called upon to defeat the Presidential Memorandum on this Bill. That is exactly what we are being called upon to do. I see Sen. Cherarkey trying to sugarcoat the issue, but the truth of the matter is that we are being called upon to defeat the Presidential Memorandum that has reduced the allocation to counties from Kshs400 billion to Kshs380 billion. We agree with the Mediation Committee of the Senate and the National Assembly that the figure be settled at Kshs387, 425,000,000. I have looked at the Schedule, and I assure the great people of Kitui County that we are in good standing. In fact, having looked at the Schedule, it appears to me that once we pass the additional allocations including donor funding, Kitui County will get an increase of almost Kshs13 billion. For now, we already have more than Kshs10 billion in equitable share. I speak for Kitui County before I can speak for anyone else. I am happy that Kitui County is among the only nine counties in this country that is getting more than Kshs10 billion in equitable share. I call upon the Governor of Kitui County to be ready to receive this money and roll out projects for the benefit of our people. I remind our colleagues again to turn up in large numbers in the afternoon when we do Division to make sure that we defeat the Presidential Memorandum. I thank you. 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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