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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "I was on my feet yesterday, seconding the Bill that had been moved by our hon. Chief Whip, Sen. (Dr.) Boni Khalwale. I was at the point where I was saying that this Bill has 12 clauses. The last clause talks about the criminalization of financial misconduct. This is criminalization of those officers who are told that the Senate has given this schedule and you are supposed to abide by this schedule, so that counties can get their money on time, and they do not do it and they do not get any consequences. As I second this Bill, I was saying that it is my sincere hope that in this Financial Year that we are starting, when these violations are gross, then the responsible officers who delay the funding of counties and refuse to follow what the Senate has said as far as the funding of counties timeously is concerned, there will be criminal consequences for them as envisaged in this County Governments Additional Allocation Bill that we are passing today. Those who are listening to me must know that in the Senate, we provide three main ways to fund county government activities. The first one is the Equitable Fund - the equitable share that comes to them. The second one is the Equalization Fund that we have passed as we debated it here yesterday. We are waiting to vote on it. This is the third one where we pass the county governments’ additional allocations that are supposed to go to the county governments. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in these additional allocations, we have two main categories. The first is the unconditional additional allocation. For these ones, the funds that come from the unconditional additional allocations to the counties come from revenues that have been collected from the courts and court fines. When any county passes its laws and there is a contravention of those laws, the county is supposed to fine those people who contravene its laws, so that it can generate wealth. This money is collected and put together. When we pass it here, every county will be given its share."
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