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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "content": "We have a problem with the 2019 census, we have a problem with the poverty index. How are we supposed to navigate this entire process? So, for me, what I usually do, if there is a problem with the math and the numbers, we must always fall back to what we consider the guiding principles. I have just seen breaking news now that, as expected, the National Assembly has rejected our proposal of Kshs465 billion to the counties, which is throwing us into another mediation, the fourth straight mediation since this Senate began. When we were in that last mediation, there are certain things that we agreed on. Also, there are certain positions that the political party that I belong to has taken with regards to devolution and which are supposed to be guiding my decisions in this House when it comes to devolution. The first one, we as a party and even as this House, have set the standard somewhere that it does not matter what formula you adopt. No county must lose when you compare previous year allocations. Secondly, that after the allocation, whatever formula you use, year-on-year, there must be marginal growth of the devolution basket. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, to get the obvious things, including year-on-year inflation, including growth in salaries and wages due to implementation of collective bargaining agreements--- I sit in the County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC) and just the other day, the Governor for Makueni appeared before us and we had one of the most illuminating conversations. You will see that because of decisions that are made by national Government, for instance, they want county governments to do county aggregation in industrial parks. You are supposed to match the money that is put by the national Government to do that project."
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