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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "content": "Having said that, I would like to also clarify that additional allocations are strictly processed by my Committee, the Committee on Finance and Budget, congruent to your recommendations in this House, you debated and passed the Budget Policy Statement (BPO). These additional funds are specifically provided for in the Constitution; Article 202(2), Additional allocations are required for transfer of functions from the national Government to county governments pursuant to Article 87 of the Constitution and they are in form of loans and grants and are from development partners. Madam Temporary Speaker, I have already spoken to what it means by unconditional allocations. Allow me to speak to it more technically by further clarifying. I found that members of the public truly follow these proceedings and some of them are professionals. So, if you are not careful, they will wonder whether you are speaking Greek in a House that has only students who speak English. These grants and conditional allocations are to the beneficiary county governments, from proceeds of court fines emanating from contravention of county governments legislation as set out in Column A, in this Schedule attached to the Bill, for those who will take the trouble to go through it. Also, unconditional allocations to the beneficiary county governments emanates from 20 per cent of the share of minerals royalties pursuant to the provisions of the Mining Act. Madam Temporary Speaker, county additional allocations that are due to each county come from the national Government's share of revenue. This share of revenue in this Bill is specifically for Financial Year 2025/2026 and shall be set out in the Second Schedule which is attached. I will not go dissecting the details of this Schedule because it speaks to the institutions that are advancing that money in actual names of the development partners and they are many. Therefore, when you scan the schedule, you will see it. There is an aspect to these allocations, which is deliberately put to incentivize governors to incentivize county governments and the county assemblies, so that they are rewarded for prudent management of resources."
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