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    "id": 825969,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kihika",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Susan Wakarura Kihika",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I have also understood better, after clarifications have been sought. However, I would like the Committee on Finance and Budget to take into account the fact that county governments include the executive and the county assemblies. However, I know that the Statement talks about county governments. We cannot compare the two when we talk about recurrent and development budget because it is like comparing apples to oranges. The primary role of the executive is to carry out development. However, the role of the county assembly is the opposite. They might have some development projects, for example, infrastructure of the Chamber or staff offices. Therefore, they might require some development funds. However the major need for the county assemblies is the recurrent budget. Therefore, I urge the Committee to make sure that they are cognizant of that. I remember when I was the Speaker of the County Assembly of Nakuru in the last term, we spent a lot of our time at the County Assemblies Forum (CAF) and the Senate with the Committee on Finance and Budget trying to make sure that our ceilings were raised a little bit so that we could survive. This is because the executive had muzzled us and brought in ceilings for the county assembly which made it hard for them to carry out their oversight roles. This is a concern. I hope that the Committee on Finance and Budget will take this into account and not reduce any of the recurrent budgets, especially for the county assemblies."
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