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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 199,
        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I do not know whether we have gone past the order. I wanted to make a small comment on the Statement laid by Hon. Chairman of the Constituencies Development Fund Committee, Hon. Lessonet. It is good for Members to take note. This is the first time we are getting the lowest amount of money to our constituencies. That is Kshs81 million per constituency. We had amended the Act to allow equal sharing of the 100 per cent of CDF. Every Member would have expected to get more than Kshs100 million, but we are receiving Kshs81 million. Hon. Speaker, it is good to bring to the attention of this House that the allocation for the last financial year to NG-CDF is the same amount that has been allocated to NG-CDF this financial year. I think the National Treasury has deliberately made us lose a lot of NG-CDF money. That is a deliberate move from the National Treasury and I would want to urge the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the NG-CDF to ensure that, that mistake is not repeated this time round. Alternatively, they should look for ways of compensating lost funds. Every time, the Budget should be in such a way that the national revenue is divided between the county government and the national Government. After allocating it, get the NG-CDF from the national Government share which will be 2.5 per cent of national Government revenue. This time, the National Treasury has horizontally put three votes, one for the county government, the National Government and another one for NG-CDF. The NG-CDF was allocated Kshs35 billion. During the hearing of that case, it was discovered that the system used for allocation was wrong. It was an oversight by this House. However, since this House has the powers of making the Budget, we should look for ways of compensating the constituencies. We have never received 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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