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    "id": 719868,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 199,
        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "On NG-CDF, I believe that this time round the National Treasury has not repeated the same mistake it made in the ongoing financial year that made NG-CDF lose Kshs10 billion. It was because of the formula they used in dividing this revenue. Most importantly, I would like to bring to the attention of this House the fact that the national Government together with the county governments is budgeting for the financial year that will begin on 1st July this year. Therefore, this Division of Revenue Bill and the programmes that are proposed here both at the national and the county level will be effective as from 1st July. I think it will also be good for us Members of Parliament to have proposals from our constituencies approved and factored. You need to allocate all the monies in conjunction with your NG-CDF committees. As we go to the tail end of this Parliament we will have done a budget for our NG-CDF for the Financial Year 2017/2018. We will seek approval as required by law and it will be effective as from 1st July. We are in a very tight situation right now because of drought. In fact, 21 counties are said to be in a very bad situation. I would expect the Government to write off the debts owed by both livestock and crop farmers because they will have lost much of their properties. None of them are surviving at the moment and therefore they will have nothing left to repay the loans. I call upon the national and county governments to chip in especially where services sought through loans are devolved by writing off such loans. They should come up with a livestock re-stocking programme after this drought season. They should also provide seeds to farmers for free when the rainy season comes. With regard to polytechnics, the national Government has allocated Kshs 2 billion to build, equip and renovate village polytechnics. Since it is a devolved function and the national 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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