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    "id": 799049,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang'",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support and to congratulate the Committee on Finance and Budget for bringing this particular Bill before the House. If I had time, I would have indulged you in a poem written by Henry Barlow, the Ugandan. I will truncate what he said: “Today, I did my share in building the nation. I drove a Permanent Secretary to an important, urgent function. In fact, to a luncheon at the Vic.” I will stop there because of time but I feel proud today for I am doing my duty as a Senator because this is one of those Bills that can only originate from the Senate. This is one of those tasks that can only be done by the Senate with the concurrence of other institutions. How I wish that this great job that the Committee on Finance and Budget has done we would have had adequate time so that more Senators could be here to do their duty in building the nation and building devolution. The Bill allocates a total of KShs372.7 billion to counties and we covered that when we looked at the Division of Revenue Bill. My argument is that this money is not enough for counties. In as much as we say that it is a greater percentage than the constitutional requirement and, in as much as we are touting a huge percentage increase from when we started devolution, it is not enough because roads have not been transferred fully to counties. The Roads Bill is still floating around Parliament. Libraries have not been fully transferred to counties and so have ferries, ports and harbors. Hopefully, the county should be getting at least Kshs500 billion every year by the time 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"
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