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    "id": 1545891,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I wish all senators were here to help us unfold this crisis. Listening to my colleagues, I am afraid that most of them do not understand that we have a serious problem. We are talking about the funds in this Additional Allocation Bill, yet the National Assembly has also come up with their version of the Bill. This is a crisis. There was a famous movie, Apollo 13, a space mission in 1970, in which Jim Lowell came up with the phrase, \"Houston, we have a problem”. Kenya, we have a problem. Right now, our counties will not be receiving the money because of the bickering between the two Houses, the National Assembly and the Senate. We are discussing this Bill for the 2024/2025 Financial Year. What has stopped these loans and grants? Kenyans need to understand that we are discussing today a Bill that will allow money to be withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund and deposited into County Revenue Funds. This is an additional allocation from the share of revenue from the national Government. It comes from grants, loans, and funds, and where we have a serious problem is nothing but the RMLF. I am of the opinion that, we should just remove that fund from this Bill so that we can deal with it separately and the rest of the money can go to counties. We have money that is supposed to go to counties from court fines. I am surprised to note that only a handful of counties have been allocated this money. Are you telling me that the Judiciary 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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