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    "id": 436786,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. With profound respect to the Senator for Kakamega County, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, there is no provision in law that says that the national Treasury will cost and unbundle functions. By reading the Constitution and the spirit of the constitutional provisions that talk about resources being able to help both levels of government to deliver functions, it is assumed that somebody has to do so. That is number one. Number two, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the costing and unbundling of functions is not the only parameter or criteria that should inform the budget because there are so many criteria. Number three is that this costing and unbundling of functions, critical as it is, is at best, an estimate. It is much more scientific than the available estimations we are having at the moment. So, I do not see any connection with the reading of the budget and what the Senator for Kakamega County has said. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, having said that, I also want to add that Article 230 has been complied with. The revenue allocation in the Bill is determined taking into account the following fiscal policy matters that are based mainly on the Public Finance Management Act, 2012, as well as Chapter 12 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, broadly, the following are the parameters that have been put in place---"
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