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    "id": 1626283,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1626283/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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    "content": "It is a subset of County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA), but it carries any other additional resources that are going to our county governments and the justification is also provided therein. Therefore, one is able to read, understand and appreciate the amount and the reason a particular county is getting it and the other one is not getting it. Sen. Mungatana, who seconded this Bill, mentioned that if there is no mineral activity of note in your county, you do not expect to benefit from this year’s additional allocation of Kshs2.93 billion, which is for mineral rights. That money has accrued from 2016. I get surprised when I hear people say that this administration does not care about devolution. If those who were previously there cared for devolution, then why did money from the mineral rights stay in the coffers of the National Treasury from 2016 to date? Why is it that we are only saying, in this financial year, that what does not belong to the national Government should be sent to the counties? Additionally, we have many other funds that are listed. This is part of the 20 per cent share of the mineral royalties that is due to counties as per Section 183(5) of the Mining Act, Cap 306, which stipulates that 20 per cent of mineral royalties will be paid to the state shall accrue to the county government where the mining operations occur."
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