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    "id": 639429,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "I see a lot of provision of money relating to other activities and functions. Political parties are supported by the State at 0.3 per cent. That has not been captured effectively in this Division of Revenue Bill. I want to say two things. One, we need to have the money going to counties to rise from the Kshs302 billion to Ksh332 billion that was agreed at the Inter-Governmental Budget and Economic Council (IBEC). The IBEC was created to harmonise any differences. The National Treasury is fully represented in that Council. Whatever comes out of that Council should be reflected in the Division of Revenue Bill. I do not see that here. Hon. Wanga said it and we discussed it. Why are we reducing allocation to the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) and women affirmative action by Kshs700 million? We need to be told what has been reduced. Is it the CDF money that has been reduced? If it has, why has it been reduced? Is it the affirmative action money? We need clarity why the figure has gone down from Kshs37.343 billion to Kshs36.6 billion. That is a difference of about Kshs700 million. I will talk on the projections of economic growth. In 2015/2016, our projection was 7 per cent. We advised the National Treasury that, that was a higher projection than expected but they did not listen. Later on, they revised it to 5.8 per cent. I guarantee you that at the end of this Financial Year, you will not realise more than 5.6 per 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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