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    "id": 842921,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to comment and to give my thoughts on the County Governments Cash Disbursement Schedule for Fiscal Year 2018/19. I would like to associate myself with the sentiments expressed by many of my colleagues. This is possibly one of the most important functions of a Senator. Our work is to find money to take to the counties. I would like to tell the people of Nairobi City County that we have Kshs15.8 billion today according to this Schedule based on the formula that has been there before and based on internal discussions of the Senate. Indeed, this is a key part of devolution. Many times, we forget the key principles that define devolution, especially the principles of fiscal decentralisation. The first principle that many of us do not focus on is the issue of expenditure responsibility and revenue allocation. Expenditure responsibilities as defined by our Constitution in the Fourth Schedule tells us what a county should be doing and what the national Government should be doing. Once that has been determined, then we go to the next step of how much revenue is collected. How are our counties able to collect revenue? I am disappointed that many 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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