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    "id": 346694,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mututho",
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        "legal_name": "John Michael Njenga Mututho",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I sit in the Budget Committee as John Mututho, the Member for Naivasha. I am also the Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operatives. I have had a close look at the provisions of the county governments, their functions and powers. Even by going with what we have now in the books, we have to be conscious. If we are to carry all those functions which will be continuous because the Government does not shut down after March, I find that the amount of money which is already voted, in excess of Kshs30 billion. If the Budget Committee in which I sit and this honourable House could refer back to the bigger volumes and extract that data, then we should have no difficulties. There will be no contentious issues here. This is because with over Kshs6 billion, we will have enough money to hire the personnel and renovate offices. After all, we know that if we do our elections on 4th March, by the time the governors take their offices and put their people in place, it will be towards the end of March. We will then start in April and May. So, in all fairness and looking at all logics, having served in the civil service for over 11 years and sat in these Committees for the last five years, I believe that the action---"
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