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    "id": 730501,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/730501/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 151,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyamweya",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 391,
        "legal_name": "Manson Oyongo Nyamweya",
        "slug": "manson-nyamweya"
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    "content": "This mandate is given to the National Assembly. Nowhere does it mention that the Senate can perform this function. It is very clear. The only role the Senate can play is to allocate funds. Article 96(3) of the Constitution states: “The Senate determines the allocation of national revenue among counties, as provided in Article 217, and exercises oversight over national revenue allocated to the county governments.” It is very clear that the Senate is supposed to oversee and allocate the money which the National Assembly has approved. Therefore, I do not understand why the Budget and Appropriations Committee must take the Budget to the Senate. The Senate has no mandate whatsoever to look at this. Somebody can refer to Article 217(1) which clearly shows that division of revenue is supposed to be done once every five years. First and foremost, the Budget and Appropriations Committee should not have consulted the Senate on this because this is our mandate. It is constitutionally given and if somebody is uncomfortable with it then the Constitution must be amended. People have said there is theft in the county government."
}