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    "id": 1581322,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "content": "money which is only good on paper for the national Government is that it is a reality that Kshs415 billion shall be sent to county governments without undue delay and any deductions. If you compare apples to apples and ask yourself what happens to the Kshs2.3 trillion that is being retained by the national Government, the answer is actually in Section 5 of the Division of Revenue Act. It says that when there is shortfall of any funds to be sent, of any revenue, it should be borne by the national Government. So, county governments are guaranteed that they will always get their Kshs415 billion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the national government, you will find supplementary budget after supplementary budget. At the end or the financial year, a lot of projects will not have been done. Therefore, this is a win-win for the counties and these are things that we need to demystify to the citizens who contribute taxes to be able to raise this revenue. These are the facts that we need to demystify for the Gen Zs who are out there demanding for their rights. They are demanding for them to be counted. It is imperative that we now move these demands just from the national Government perspective to the county governments. It is imperative that we now try. This is why I keep on saying that the only time we will get it right as a nation is if we take that Kshs415 billion that we said we are going to send to the county governments; engage the Gen Zs in constructing our roads, hospitals and schools. It you go to Narok County, it is littered with trillion shillings’ worth of quarry stones that these Gen Zs can use to pave all the roads of Narok County. Similarly, if you go to Kajiado County - when I was growing up, there are floors which used to be made using terrazzo and then, at some point, all of us became slaves of importing tiles all of. I am sure as you sit there, your house is done with tiles, but did you know that Uganda and Tanzania import a lot of terrazzo from Kenya. I long for the day when we can say, let us put more taxes on the importations of tiles and all Government buildings to go to Kajiado County and harvest the terrazzo. In the United States of America, when you enter the airport, you will find that the entire airport is made of terrazzo. If you go to the UK, you will find that it is made out of terrazzo. However, if you go to our airport in Kenya, it is made of tiles and they are all imported. So, the day we begin to realign our own existing resources, is the day we will end up having a brighter future - even for the younger generation."
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