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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwadime",
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        "legal_name": "Andrew Mwadime",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for this opportunity. At the outset, I am supporting the Budget and Appropriations Committee, simply because it has become the order of the day. As per Articles 95 and 96, Senators are supposed to be talking about what we give them and the distribution to the counties, rather than talking about the job of National Assembly and what it is supposed to be doing. Infact, I am requesting your good Office, if possible, to tell your counterpart to have a good induction course, so that they can know more about the Constitution and what it mandates them to do. Hon. Speaker, just the other day, we had problems with our security. If this money was allocated to the village elders to be integrated into the National Intelligence Service (NIS), it would boost our security, rather than sending it to the counties when its use is not meant for services to the people. Furthermore, the money allocated to the counties--- Up to this moment, some of the counties cannot account for it. I believe that if this money is diverted to the national Government and given to the security sector, it will enhance our security. Raising the allocation to the counties by 2 per cent and not knowing exactly where the additional money will come from, is out of order. They should indicate where this additional money is going to come from and what its purpose is. Furthermore, there is already an emergency fund with money. We should be consistent. We should be consistent because this Bill was debated and even the Senate--- I am wondering why it was brought back to the National Assembly. In future we should try to avoid acrimony 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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