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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, in the same spirit as those who spoke before me, I want to start with a disclaimer, that my support for this Bill is not tantamount to support of the devalued allocation, from Kshs258 billion to Kshs210 billion, as was done by the National Assembly. I, therefore, rise to support the exercise of horizontal division of revenue amongst our counties, but oppose the process that was used to arrive at the sharable revenue. Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to reiterate that counties deserve Kshs258 billion and not Kshs210 billion, as contained in the Division of Revenue Act. If passed without amendments, the Bill before the House this afternoon will be a great shocker to county governments. In fact, if you analyze these figures, it is only Kshs168 billion out of the Kshs210 billion that will be available to our governors to share out. Madam Temporary Speaker, why do I say this? I would like to draw your attention on the matrix on pages 6 and 7. There is a column called Conditional Allocations. If you look at the sum total under that column, you will find that it amounts to Kshs43.9 billion. If you subtract Kshs43.9 billion from Kshs210 billion, you will remain with only about Kshs166 billion. This is because the balance of Kshs43.9 billion is not available to our governors. Yes, this is money which will be taken to the counties, but it is going to be used so as not to disrupt the current functions of regional referral hospitals where they are and other health facilities. If you compute this, it, therefore, 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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