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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "The first thing is that we are discussing resources for the Financial Year 2024/2025 conditional grants. Looking at where we are in terms of the financial year, we are doing this in March, which means we are only about three months to the end of the current financial year. If you look at the history of the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill, this House always passes it very late in the day. Because of that, there is no much time for implementation. Before you go to the subject matter of the Bill, timing is a critical issue. This House needs to look at it. Why am I saying that? We have our development partners who have committed resources to develop our counties. As long as this Bill is not an Act of Parliament, the resources cannot be taken to the counties. This means, automatically, we are denying our people a chance to benefit from the resources. Hon. Temporary Speaker, looking at what is happening, in the last report of the Controller of Budget, it has been shown that majority of the counties are only spending 17 per cent of their budget on development, as opposed to the targeted 35 per cent. It means that the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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