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    "content": "ensued in this Bill were occasioned by the movement of the Bill from the Treasury to the Attorney-General’s Office and then to this Senate. Last time when we were looking at this Bill, most people were already focused on elections. So, there was no meticulous looking at the various schedules to ensure that they are in conformity. If you look at the Bill that is being amended, you will realise that we are deleting some parts of Section 5 and inserting new sections, thereafter, to correct the schedule. This is so critical. If you saw the letter that came from the Treasury yesterday, they would be constrained to release any money because the quarterly release will be following the particular schedule that is provided for here. In fact, it is even worse, as the Principal Secretary (PS) answered yesterday, when it comes to donor funds because there is already a particular timeline that was agreed to in the negotiation and agreements with the national Government. The reason the resources are not being allocated seamlessly to the counties at the moment is these errors. It also goes to remind us that there is nothing too small in law. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, a number of Senators, that is, Sen. Wako, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr, Sen. Cheruiyot, who came slightly later, and Sen. Dullo were here when we fought to have a right to look at the County Allocation Revenue Bill and the Division of Revenue Bill. Therefore, we cannot take it casually. It is important for every Senator to have even this Schedule, so that every time they can find out whether their counties have received their money and monitor how they spend it. I also want to request the Ad-Hoc Committee not to take this work casually. Do not just look at it as a rubberstamp. Go and sit down with the staff in Budget Office and let them take you through what was wrong and what has been corrected, so that we do not go through this process again and when it reaches the National Assembly, it is changed and returned here. It will become the normal excuse that Makueni County cannot get money because the Schedule of Makueni--- Sen. Wako is a good example. Because of errors, money meant for Busia County was posted to Bungoma County. It took a lot of negotiations – similar to the negotiations we had here – that involved the Senator for Bungoma and the Senator for Busia. Sen. Wako had to move between the Treasury and the office of the Senate Minority Leader until that issue was resolved. Therefore, these errors can be as fatal as you can see and actually embarrass Senators. If tomorrow it appears that some money for Elgeyo-Marakwet County has been posted to Tharaka-Nithi County it can make me lose my seat. People will say that Sen. Murkomen has cut a deal with the Senator for Tharaka-Nithi County and given out the money---"
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