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    "id": 605800,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/605800/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13156,
        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to second this Bill. This is possibly one of the only Bills that make the Senate very popular. If this was Christmas my Chair will be Santa Claus because we are now dishing out the money that they have been anxiously waiting for. Otherwise, nobody wants to hear of the Senate when we are discussing matters of accountability. We are allocating revenue to counties against a backdrop of a lot of things which I want to highlight, so that as we ably support this Bill, we must tell the public that the bulk of the money has been left at the national Government. As I support, I want Kenyans to know how we are prioritizing these resources so that when they look into the eyes of the Members of the National Assembly, they ought to ask them, as Sen. Billow posed, do these people reside on trees or utopia? They allocated the laptop Project Kshs17 billion, National Irrigation Kshs11.3 billion, National Youth Service allocation has been increased from the original Kshs6.3 billion allocated under Budget Policy Statements (BPS) to Kshs25 billion, parastatals which do not have any programmes that we have seen in the budget have this year received Kshs518 billion. Contingency Fund under the National Treasury was allocated Kshs5 billion. Contingency under the Ministry of Devolution was allocated another Kshs1 billion. The most popular and the flavour of the day, the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) was allocated Kshs35 billion. Leasing of medical equipment was allocated Kshs4.5 billion. The kitty for health under the national Government, was allocated Kshs59 billion. These are staggering figures. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I support this Bill, it is unfortunate because we are actually just giving a rose with all the thorns. We must be honest that as we allocate Kshs259 or Kshs283 billion to counties, we must tell our people that they have been shortchanged by none other than their brothers and sisters in the National Assembly who do not think that they ought to get that allocation. In fact, the monies that have been reduced in the schedules that are attached to this Bill include very important aspects. For example, village polytechnics will be"
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