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    "id": 605241,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. However, I am supporting it purely for purposes of record. I would like it to be recorded in the HANSARD that we spoke, the Government heard but it chose to hide in the “Lower House”, ignored the wisdom of the “Upper House” and the country did not move at the pace it could have moved. I say this because in the first year, when we did the Division of Revenue Bill, we were ignored. We went to the Supreme Court and threatened to amend the Constitution. That caused that Bill to be brought here in the second year. Now, in the third year when we thought things were moving, we ended up in a mediation which was ignored. However, they have heard and history has recorded that we have said. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to start, thereafter, by announcing to the people of Kakamega that the Senate of the Republic of Kenya has successfully agreed and supported my request that Kakamega County, for the next financial year, be given a whopping Kshs8,908,229,519. I thank colleagues for that. Just like you supported the figure for Kakamega County, I assure the people of Elgeyo-Marakwet that I will also support the figure for that county just like I would do for all other counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, each county government’s allocation under sub- section 1 shall be transferred to the respective County Revenue Fund in accordance with a payment schedule approved by this Senate and published in the Kenya Gazette by the Cabinet Secretary. It is important that this provision in this Bill be read out to the public the way I have done. This is because when you meet governors in a public function, they say that “The figures that Sen. Orengo is talking about are his. We have not seen the 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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