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    "id": 387265,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gichigi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kamunye Gichigi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I also rise to support the Bill. As stated by the speakers before me, this is the first time we are seeing devolution taking place in its current form in this country. We hope to see a lot of development in our respective constituencies. I have a few challenges though. I have not heard any statement from the national Government or the governors indicating that the counties have proper information on what exact functions have been devolved. The Transitional Authority (TA) did cost the so-called devolved functions but we do not know whether the budgets that have been prepared by the respective county governments actually tally with the devolved functions. The danger is that, instead of devolved governments preparing budgets according to the devolved functions, they may use the money given to them as they wish, without considering that there were certain activities that were going on even before devolution came into being. The other issue I have is that, under the Constitution, any money Bill can only originate in the National Assembly, and must go through the Budget Committee. By introducing Clause 12A, the Senate has actually introduced a money Bill yet we know that they do not have that particular mandate. In my opinion, that is irregular."
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