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    "id": 468053,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hargura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important Bill. This is a very important Bill. It is the first one which will get our counties moving and it is also the first Bill we are discussing here. Therefore, it is very important for us. It is also the first County Allocation of Revenue Bill we are doing, so it matters how we take off on this Bill. Madam Temporary Speaker, Clause 6 of this Bill talks about it being based on functions which have been gazetted or which the Transitional Authority has transferred to the county governments. I am not aware of any gazette notice that gives the functions which have been devolved to the county governments. So, the Mover needs to tell us whether there is any gazette notice so that we can base our arguments on it. The only information we have is where the President says that all the functions have been devolved. Madam Temporary Speaker, my question to the Mover would have been; what was used to determine that this Kshs198 billion we are discussing is enough to meet the functions of the county governments if all of them have been devolved. If you look at Fourth Schedule of the Constitution, most of the functions of the Government have actually gone to the county governments. The national Government remains with foreign affairs, security, defence, education and policy issues in some sectors. I am even 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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