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    "id": 833222,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/833222/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Makali Mulu",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1955,
        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
        "slug": "benson-makali-mulu"
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    "content": "We moved the figure from Kshs4.5 billion to Kshs9.4 billion, an addition of almost Kshs5 billion. So, if we wanted to help the counties, these are some of the areas we could target. We also provided additional money for construction of cancer centres and other activities like water so that when it comes to reducing the county government’s allocation, it will not be fair to touch on the equitable share because in terms of the Constitution and all the arrangements taking place, it is not an area we would want to go to. That is an area I would want to say that even though we have passed the Committee of Supply Report, meaning that we cannot do much, as we move to the second Supplementary Estimates, this is an area we need to look into so that the county governments do not suffer as a result of the reductions that have been done across the board. We do not have that room now because I have agreed with my colleagues, but the easiest way would have been to reduce the national Government allocations and retain the county governments allocation of Kshs314 billion. I am sure that if the governors came to us, that is what we would have pushed for. That is what the Commission on Revenue Allocation has pushed for. We need to support them when the second Supplementary Estimates come to this House. With those remarks, I support."
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