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    "id": 1565839,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I like the parting shot by Sen. Sifuna. He is craving love from the Government so that he can love back. I am sure there is nothing out of order in that statement. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the onset, I would like to declare that I fully support the recommendations by the Senate Committee on Finance and Budget on the Division of Revenue Bill, 2025. I would like to say a few things. One, the committee has given us a very elaborate and scientific account of why they are proposing Kshs465 billion as the allocation to counties in this coming financial year. I like the keenness of the Committee. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on page 8, paragraph (d) of their report, on the observations, they have captured it very well that the Bill is using the most recent audited and approved accounts of revenue for the financial year 2020/2021 which then amounted to Kshsh1.5 trillion. However, the same assembly on 15th April, later after doing their maths, approved the audited accounts of revenue of Kshs1.9 trillion for the financial year 2021/2022 which then makes that Kshs1.9 trillion the latest audited accounts and all calculations then should flow from financial year 2021/2022. Even without going to the science of this argument as captured by the report of our committee, it is very clear that the ordinary revenue is growing every year, but there is no proportionate growth in revenue allocated to county governments. When you look at the report, it captures the imagination of all Kenyans of goodwill that there are expenditures that are non-discretionary for county governments. These are expenditures like payments to the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), the"
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