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    "id": 1613738,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kisang’",
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    "content": "building. You will see tarmac in Kakamega. When Hon. Oparanya was the Governor, he did about 20 or 30 kilometres of tarmac. However, in Vihiga County, even murraming is a problem because those resources are not there. That is why this House should still insist that Kshs10 billion for RLMF should also go to the counties and be ring-fenced. As we give this additional Kshs405 million to the 11 counties, the Kshs10 million for the RLMF should also go to the counties so that they can do roads. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are asking to be supported. Please support our counties, so that we can actualize. If you look at Article 203(1)(g), it talks about economic disparities within and among counties and the need to remedy them. This affirmative action of Kshs405 million to the 11 counties will sort out this Article 203(1)(g) and at least we can remedy the economic activities of these 11 counties. As a Senate, we are not agreeing with the position that the National Assembly has taken, that our counties should get Kshs405 billion. Sometime last year, I remember when we were discussing these issues, we had given a proposal of Kshs415 billion to the counties and then it was reduced to Kshs380 billion. Eventually, there was a compromise of Kshs387 billion. Right now, they want to move it marginally by about Kshs17 billion to Kshs405 billion. Hon. Senators, let us be firm and stand with the Kshs465 billion, so that all counties move to Kshs6 billion. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we would like to urge our colleagues in the National Assembly that this revenue that will be shared from Financial Year 2025/2026, is based on audited reports of the Auditor-General for Financial Year 2020/2021. Why can the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) not fast-track the looking into these reports in order for us to be a year behind? If we are a year behind, we will not be crying for additional resources because we will be basing the revenue on the most recent. The national Government budget that will be read next week is Kshs4.2 trillion and counties are getting Kshs405 billion. If you calculate, it is less than 10 per cent and we are supposed to be getting a minimum of 15 per cent. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to second and ask our colleagues to please sympathize and empathize with us, in order for us to slowly develop our small and marginalized counties."
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