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    "id": 554539,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musyimi",
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        "legal_name": "Mutava Musyimi",
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    "content": "received from the Parliamentary Budget Office, and the Treasury. I thank the Controller of Budget who also came in extremely handy and the office of the Attorney-General. I thank the members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee for the role that they have played in shepherding this discussion from where they sit. I also thank my fellow Members of the Mediation Committee for very honest discussions. Now, it is my pleasant duty and privilege to, on behalf of the Mediation Committee on the Division of Revenue Bill 2015, present and very strongly commend this Report, including an agreed version of the Bill to the Houses for approval as is required by the Constitution. At the outset, having chaired these meetings, and having had the opportunity to go through the HANSARD of the Senate, whose copy I have here in terms of their debate--- Hon. Speaker, I said this was my second mediation team to chair on this matter of Division of Revenue Bill and I am convinced that the real issue here is actually not devolution. The real issue in this mediation was not really whether we want money to go to the counties; the overarching premise and issue is the role of the Senate in Budget making. That I am persuaded lies at the heart of the discussions that we were having; I think it is a matter that I leave to the House to continue discussing. With respect to the Division of Revenue Bill, this marks the second step in the processing of the Budget matters that are before us, particularly for the county governments. It is wished that this Bill be passed, so that the county governments can access their money and do their budgeting as required by law."
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