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    "id": 750159,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Billow",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Billow Adan Kerrow",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Mediation Committee on the Division of Revenue (No. 2) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 22 of 2017) laid on the Table of the Senate on Thursday, 15th June 2017 and pursuant to Article 113 of the Constitution and Standing Order 155(3) of the Senate Standing Orders, approves the mediated version of the Bill. The House will recall that the Bill was published and it was rejected yesterday by this House. It was rejected because the amount of money that had been provided for to cater for the equitable share of revenue was not acceptable to the Senate. The Mediation Committee was set up yester and it did have a meeting. We are happy to report that we have looked at the proposals between the two Houses. We have agreed and recommended that the county equitable share be enhanced from Kshs291 billion to Kshs302 billion in the Financial Year 2017/2018. This is an increase of Kshs11 billion of the amount that was in the published Bill. We, as Members of the Mediation Committee, feel it is a significant increase. Therefore, we want to urge the House to approve this mediated version of the Bill. Hon. Members will also note that the actual amount for the conditional grants in this Bill is also significantly higher than what had been initially provided. The total amount of money that will go to the counties is Kshs345.6 billion when you add the conditional allocations and the equitable share. The equitable share now is 32.2 per cent of the total revenue. I want to urge the Members to approve this mediated version so that we can also proceed with the process of dealing with the County Allocation of Revenue Bill and conclude this process today. I beg to move."
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