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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "There is an exchange there. Madam Temporary Speaker the Senator for Narok County has questioned whether I want this Kshs9 billion to be given to counties instead of the entire amount. I want to inform the Senator that the structure - and we have been fighting for this for some time now - of the Equalization Fund has been that every single year, this money is allocated. The money is allocated, but it never gets to leave the National Treasury because of a number of reasons in the implementation metrics of the Equalization Fund. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Kshs26 billion that is already owed, and which he is quoting, is something that had been allocated and actually been given to the National Treasury. It had just never been released accordingly. However, we are saying that in this budgeting, the proportionate amount that must go to the equalization fund for this particular financial year is the Kshs9 billion. So, the Kshs9 billion will pay debt. The Kshs9 billion is what is rightfully meant for the counties in this financial year. However, the debt that is in the National Treasury is that the money that is there has been put aside on a special purpose. Remember, the Equalization Fund is a special purpose fund and it has just not been released by the National Treasury. That is what Sen. Olekina as the Minority Whip and I must fight the National Treasury to release those funds to go and do the work that they are supposed to do. This is because they are never releasing them, but they keep on allocating them. This is just a commensurate amount tied to this particular financial year, the Kshs9 billion that we are requesting for. It is not necessarily the one to pay the debt. I thank you."
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