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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kathuri",
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        "legal_name": "Murungi Kathuri",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to comment on this important Bill touching on the core nerve of our work to make sure that devolution works in this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Bill is making provisions for the transfer of conditional allocations from the national Government's share of revenue and from Government partners. As you have guided, we are supposed to look into the content of the Bill. First of all, I would like to make a concern that these disbursements are coming towards the end of the financial year. We are entering the fourth quarter next month, and we have really delayed the counties from spending this money on the people that we represent. All the same, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to comment on the county aggregations and industrial parks, where 19 counties are benefiting from this Fund. If we go by whether the counties have also matched this amount, because the counties were to give out Kshs250 million, and then the national Government was to give Kshs250 million to make it Kshs500 million. So, how far have these 19 counties are in reference to this amount? I remember being in one of the programmes on Meru FM this week. One of my constituents asked me how much was spent on that county aggregation project. I had committed to counter-checking what had come from the national Government and what had been contributed by the County Government of Meru for at least two weeks. The report states that we are at 80 per cent so far. I was wondering whether all this money has been submitted or committed to the project. If you see that we have 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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