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    "id": 1566223,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1566223/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to comment on the Division of Revenue Bill (National Assembly Bills No.10 of 2025), which is one of the most important functions of the Senate and us, as Senators. It is during this kind of debate that we determine what goes to county governments. Many people sometimes ask: what do these Senators do when they are in Nairobi? We are deciding what is going to county governments. When governors give out bursaries, launch roads and employ people, they do it courtesy of the Senate which approves certain estimates to go to the counties. I want to strongly oppose the proposal by the National Assembly to allocate county governments Kshs405 billion. A number of players have cited different figures. The Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA), the constitutional body that is mandated to advise Parliament on allocations to county governments and division of revenue between the two levels of government, had proposed a Kshs30 billion increment from the last financial year. The National Assembly has proposed a Kshs17 billion increment. Both positions by CRA, the National Assembly and National Treasury are untenable because of discretionary expenditure and a few other factors that I am going to highlight."
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