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    "id": 722204,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/722204/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sang",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 907,
        "legal_name": "Stephen Kipyego Sang",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. This is a very important piece of legislation. As ably mentioned by my colleagues earlier, in support of this and many other Bills, the primary responsibility of the Senate is to look into the interests of the counties, make legislation and oversight. One such legislation that gives us the opportunity to ensure that our counties have the necessary resources is the Division of Revenue Bill. This is a Bill that seeks to divide the revenue between the two levels of Government; the national Government and the county governments. I am a proud Senator in this Senate, looking at the amount of resources that we have managed to send to the counties. That amount has increased every financial year. We started with a very small figure when we came in. I will specifically talk about Nandi County, which is my county. In the first allocation through the Division of Revenue Bill in 2013, Nandi County got a share of Kshs3.4 billion. This amount has increased through the efforts of this House. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is important for Kenyans to know that this Senate has sacrificed a lot to ensure that we safeguard our role with regard to the passage of Division of Revenue Bill. In 2013, we had to go to court and in the second year, it cost the Senate funds for oversight when we disagreed with the Members of the National Assembly by increasing the resources going to counties. That is an ultimate price that this House has paid. We agreed to lose the Kshs1 billion; an allocation that we had negotiated and 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"
}