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    "id": 436910,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/436910/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want this House to note that we have a constitutional body called the Commission of Revenue Allocation (CRA). It advises the national Government, the National Assembly and the Senate. Based on estimates of revenues available for sharing, the CRA recommended that the counties should have Kshs279.162 billion to share. That is what the CRA allocation recommended. This is a body that is mandated to advice all involved, including us and they did not pick that figure from the abstract. They got that figure from a scientific analysis of revenues available to be shared between counties. Through some manouvres, the CRA was placed in a very difficult position until they stepped down from Kshs279 billion to Kshs238 billion. As I speak here, many of our counties are in dire need of roads, medical services, water, schools and many other facilities. I know and I have said this before, that while some of us come from counties where we have a nightmare of making murram roads, there are some counties that have a headache of maintaining tarmac roads. So, let us talk about the majority of counties that are disadvantaged. Devolution is a dream that Kenyans hold dear. Devolution came to save the children in Narok who could not even go to school. The counties must have money to build schools nearest to every child. I 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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