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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I will attempt to be quick. I rise to support the Bill. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in supporting the Bill, I am a little disappointed because I know that, we, as the Senate, would have done better than Kshs226.66 billion that is on this Bill if we had clearly followed the Budget circle. Secondly, I think that Article 203(3) requires that this amount that we are now passing of Kshs226.66 billion is supposed to be out of the most recent audited accounts. If we do not mention this, we will have failed in our duty under Article 96 to protect counties. It is the business of this Senate to request or possibly order the National Assembly to complete the audits, so that we then can pass the Budget based on current figures. What we are doing now is what they call fait accompli of the National Assembly. This is because the Budget that has been approved is the one of 2009/2010 Financial Year. That is why we amended the Schedule in our Committee. The figure of 43 per cent appears to embellish this sum of Kshs226.66 billion. However, we are forgetting that while the national Government says that all functions have been devolved, they have retained up to over 57 per cent of national revenue in the budget. So, there is very little to celebrate, as a Senate, when we are passing this, even though I agree with it. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thirdly, we have not found a formula of costing functions. I want to suggest that in the next Budget circle, we find a formula of costing these functions. You are right to say that we ought to give this money to counties. There are some counties where 70 per cent of this amount will go to recurrent expenditure. This is not helping counties. We are not making progress. We have almost devolved what I call mismanagement of national resources to our counties. So, I am suggesting that we go 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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