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    "content": "We will be talking of Kshs300 billion or Kshs400 billion which will be going to the counties. We, as the Senate, must push for that. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I finish I want to dispel what an hon. Senator said here that there are people eating cats in Baringo County. This is a serious matter. It is true there is hunger in that area, but there is no one who is eating any cat. Wild animals are being eaten, but not cats. I have ascertained this. We are appealing to the national Government to assist us by giving us food. The county government is doing its best. If it had more money, we would not be in this position. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, having said this, we, as a county, must generate our revenue. As the Chairperson of the Committee on Energy we participated in coming up with the Energy Bill where we said that the revenue share in the natural resources will be shared at the county level at 25 per cent. The national Government wanted this to be at 20 per cent, but we pushed it to 25 per cent. Five per cent will be given to the community and 20 per to the county government. I am proud to say that in Baringo County, we have got geothermal energy. We are pursuing that angle hoping that we will be getting the necessary monies from this 25 per cent. Likewise, in the county of the bull fighter, they have gold. We pushed that, that is a natural resource. They too must get the 25 per cent. Each county which has natural resources should have that allocation, including Mombasa."
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