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    "id": 357586,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I think it is clear that if anybody had any doubt or question on the commitment of the Government of His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta towards devolution, then all those doubts, if we want to be honest, need to be cleared. It is very obvious that he has exceeded that 15 per cent threshold. This is a simple Bill. It is just telling us about the share between the national Government and the county governments. At the first year when we are rolling out fiscal decentralization and devolution where the President could as well have put aside 15 per cent, he has doubled that by allocating 32 per cent to the counties. I think we must applaud the Jubilee Government for their commitment towards devolution. The tone of the discussion that is going on really shows us that one side of this House is doing a great disservice to us by the absence of a Committee to go through this Bill. This Bill is very important to this country. Kenyans voted overwhelmingly for a new Constitution whose highlight was devolution. This being the first Division of Revenue Bill, really, it ought to have gone through a Committee and through a fine toothcomb before it is brought to the House, but because of grandstanding and because certain Members are used to getting things, we do not have a Committee in place."
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