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    "id": 647516,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. This is the fourth time that we are dealing with the Division of Revenue Bill. It is notable that every year there is an increase of funds for both levels of Government; the national Government and county governments. The national Government has budgeted for the Committee on Implementation of the Constitution (CIC), whose term expired. We should not fund bodies that have wound up, like the Transition Authority (TA). Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have prominently seen the women affirmative action fund and CDF, which I thought should have disappeared. They have emerged as expenditure to be used by the national Government; no wonder our colleagues have been fighting oversight. It is interesting to note that my county is implementing projects even without passing the budget in the county assembly. They have started a tourist hotel costing over Kshs500 million. Is there any Government in this world that is in the business of building hotels? I wonder whether the National Treasury and Government budgeting procedures have been given to the county assemblies. Every county has started implementing their projects now and there is no line item. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is the last year that we are doing some real work; next year is a political year. We have to ensure that the money meant for development of counties is put on hold, so that we only allow recurrent funds rather than 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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