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    "id": 1581312,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tabitha Mutinda",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to extend my appreciation to my colleagues who we were with during the mediation process for the Division of Revenue led by my Hon. Chairperson together with Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, Sen. Mungatana, Sen. Oketch Gicheru amongst others. Most of us who were in the Mediation Committee are also Members of the Committee on Finance and Budget. We had presented before this House a proposal that the counties be allocated Kshs465 billion. On this journey, we had the proposal by the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA), which amounted to almost Kshs430 billion. During our proceedings at the Committee level, we met different stakeholders who had different proposals. The governors, through the Council of Governors (CoG), had a proposal of about Kshs536 billion. We did not propose the Kshs465 billion out of the blues. We were guided by facts as far as the key issues were concerned, starting with the issue of the housing levy deductions, which amounted to a need of Kshs4.1 billion. We also had the issue that Sen. Mungatana has talked about, the issue of the County Aggregation and Industrial Parks (CAIPs), which amounted to about Kshs11.8 billion. CAIPs is a proposal that requires the intervention or teamwork between county governments and the national Government. The Senate, among other stakeholders, were not involved in the formulation of these proposals."
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