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    "id": 1584724,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Alego Usonga, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Atandi",
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    "content": "Counties are also engaging in programmes involving agriculture. Many counties are also succeeding in doing much infrastructure like tarmacking roads. The amount of money we allocate to counties is not in vain. Hon. Speaker, I confirm that both the President and this House are committed to devolution. This is shown by the fact that we were able to arrive at a historical figure. This is because we moved through the mediation process, from Ksh405 billion to Ksh415 billion. We realised an increase of about Ksh10 billion. This shows that this House and the National Government are committed to devolution. I confirm to Members of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) that this figure agreed upon between the National Assembly and the Senate is very progressive. I ask them to accept it, because this is a step in the right direction to ensure devolution succeeds. During mediation, some issues came up. One of them was non-discretionary expenditures. These are expenditures that are due to counties not because of their own liking, but because of some of the programmes they are doing in consultation with the National Government. The total non-discretionary expenditures are about Ksh34 billion. Counties are grappling with how to realise resources to fund these programmes. That is the reason we decided, in our mediation process, that we need to enhance the share of allocation to counties by about Ksh27 billion. The share of allocation to counties is Ksh387 billion in this Financial Year. However, we added a total of about Ksh27 billion to help the county governments fund these non-discretionary expenditures. Some of them include housing levy deductions. When it was introduced, it was not anticipated that counties would incur additional expenditures, courtesy of this law. These deductions are about Ksh4.1 billion annually. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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