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    "id": 396981,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Obure",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Mogere Obure",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to make very few remarks on this. First, I want to congratulate you on your election as the Temporary Speaker, today. I am sure that you are equal to the task and I wish you well. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Standing Committee on Finance, Commerce and Economic Affairs for the good work that they are doing. My position is that I would have wished to see more money sent to the counties. Because in the counties, that is where the majority of Kenyans live, that is where the bulk of our challenges lie and I have always believed that we should send more resources to the counties so that they can create a positive impact in helping wananchi to reduce the prevailing poverty levels. Mr. Temporary Speaker, I have noticed from the Schedule here that we are talking about distribution of resources from the month of August all the way to the month of June. That means that July is left out. I do not know whether there is a good explanation for that because we are talking about 11 months when we know that we have 12 months in every financial year. So, I would like to know what happened to the July allocation. At last, we are actualizing devolution. In fact, we have come to the stage where our expectations are now beginning to be fulfilled and the fact that we are now approving this Schedule of disbursement of funds to the counties is sufficient proof that we have now embraced the philosophy of devolution. Now that money has began to flow to the counties on a monthly basis - and I personally support the idea of sending money to the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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