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    "id": 356959,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/356959/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwaura",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13129,
        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. Now that we have passed this Bill, I would want to urge in future deliberations, that in the same spirit we increase the allocation from the current 32 per cent to 40 per cent because if that was to be done in the current estimates, we would be able to have netted another Kshs.20 billion to go to the devolved units. It is also a concern because if you look at the Bill and the way we have discussed it, there are some factors that have not been considered. First and foremost, we considered the budget or revenue of 2010/2011 and yet going by the collections of last year, which was Kshs956 billion, you can see there is a variance of about Kshs36 billion and that would have been of use in terms of division. In the same breath---"
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