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    "id": 1581329,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Seki",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me also take this opportunity to contribute to this Motion on the equitable share to counties. I support this Motion and say that this is a great achievement. It is a great achievement to the Mediation Committee led by Hon. Sen. Ali Roba. I think the history of counties and the Senate to have increased over Kshs28 billion to counties. I really want to echo this and believe that this money that is going to counties will be used in a proper and prudent manner by governors. This proposal, as indicated before, we have debated in this House where we requested Kshs465 million, CRA coming up with Kshs430 million, and; National Assembly and National Treasury coming in with Kshs405 million. Within the proposal negotiated amount, we believe that something must have been on the table and there must be some war between the two committees. It is a time to know what is happening every other financial year. We budget every year, but what is the impact of every financial year? In a scenario where we have functions that have been devolved like health, agriculture, water, roads, trade and education--- Again we do not see monies coming from national Government trickling down to counties because I do not think there is money that is being used. In the Ministry of Health, for example, we have a huge amount that is allocated health in national Government, yet we are getting a very small percentage in the Health sector in counties. What about the rest of the monies that are left in national Government? Again, we find national Government leasing equipment to counties. You go to agriculture, we do not see anything being done in counties by national Government, yet it seems like it is a function that is shared between counties and national Government. These are things that we really need to think about. You remember that there was a request or proposal by Kenya Kwanza administration that they would make a thousand dams every financial year. Where are these dams? Money going to counties will not be able to drill a thousand dams? Where is the money left in national Government? These are questions that we need to ask as much as we also send money to counties. We also want to know because these are functions that have been devolved fully. Over Kshs3 trillion retained by the national Government to allocate to each and every department and ministry. Education is also another messed up Ministry. We allocate a lot of money, yet we do not see full scholarship to our students. We do not have free education as we call it. We have a lot of challenges that need to be discussed. We need to change our policies or the Constitution if need be because we find that we have a very big gap. As we look at the issues where governors need to be prudent to this money that we have sent to them today, the kind of pending bills that is realized in these counties, we do not know why it is coming. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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