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    "id": 568968,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/568968/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gichigi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1909,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kamunye Gichigi",
        "slug": "samuel-kamunye-gichigi"
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    "content": "First of all, let us agree that the money we are discussing here has come from the national Government as revenue collection. There is not a single shilling from what has been collected by the county governments. The Senate does not seem to be keen at all on where money comes from. Just a few weeks ago when we were handling the Division of Revenue Bill, they increased the money. When they were asked where the money was going to come from, they appeared not to care. Again, they have removed money from the Development Vote of the counties and when the governors are asked which Development Vote that money is going to come from, they do not seem to care. It is high time that the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) took the Senators for some training on financial management. This is because clearly we have a big problem. The CRA, CoB and the Council of Governors (CoG) were opposed to this addition that the Senate has made. The Senate, merely to be seen to be doing something, decided to increase this based on nothing. They are giving them money merely because they have requested. Sometimes I feel bad about this Constitution. I wish the laws were very clear and we did not share any roles with the Senate so that they can do their own thing without involving us. This Bill, which we are just about to pass because of time constraints, is bad. It is going to set a bad precedent. It is not good for the country and the counties yet we are forced by circumstances to pass it because of the time limitations and the other bits that we have no issues with. Before he signs this Bill, I ask His Excellency the President to make reservations on the additional funds by the Senate because they do not make sense. Let him speak to the CRA, the CoB, the CoG, the National Assembly and the National Treasury. The Senate is going to be isolated."
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