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    "id": 476658,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyamweya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Manson Oyongo Nyamweya",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to support this Bill. I support it fully because we have a constitutional obligation to work together as the Senate and the National Assembly. More importantly, we have an obligation to serve this country. I have gone through what we passed as the National Assembly and I have also seen what the Senate said. It is not about who is right or who is wrong. It is what we need to do for this country. We need to pass this Budget, so that the county governments can start their budget making process. There is one issue which everybody has repeated, which is that we have wastage at the county level. That is true, but we have more wastage at the National Assembly. There are reports which have been tabled by the Auditor General and others which have not gone through, which show that Ministries are transferring funds from one Ministry to another without the approval of Parliament. So, we have a crisis as a nation. Let us look at the issues at the county government and blame them. Let us re-assess ourselves as Kenyans. We need to develop this country. We need to bake the cake for this country and reduce poverty. Currently, I do not agree with the revenue sharing formula which gives the county government Kshs226 billion out of a national Budget of Kshs1.8 trillion. We are trying to say that we are using a formula and what has been passed by the Auditor-General. That is an excuse. We are the National Assembly and we can move amendments, so that we can do what is correct. We should not rely on what has been passed and say that we must stick to it. It is the National Assembly which needs to seize this opportunity so that we The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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