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    "id": 867226,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD – K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this County Allocation of Revenue (Amendment) Bill. This is coming as a result of the amendment of the Division of Revenue Bill that we passed. The Division of Revenue Bill gives a provision for the vertical sharing of the national revenue between the national Government and the counties. This Bill helps in the horizontal sharing of revenue. As we were told earlier by the Chair, it came as a result of the amendment to the Division of Revenue Bill which gave a provision for three extra conditional grants. They were tailored towards the agriculture sector, water sector and urban planning. As my colleagues have clearly put it, it is now time for the Senate to do a proper follow-up in terms of monitoring and evaluation to ensure that those grants go to the specific conditions that they were given for. Recently, Nairobi almost came to a stand-still when the Governor gave a directive without proper consultation with the stakeholders. The city was in chaos. Those funds will not go to Nairobi and Mombasa. They will go to the other 45 counties. It is important that the governor’s plan for their respective towns in a proper manner. It is said that failing to plan is planning to fail. Going to our respective counties and urban areas, you find that the planning was done in a very pathetic manner. Looking at the Big Four Agenda by the Jubilee Government which includes the issue of food security, I am happy to note that one of conditional grants is going towards agriculture. Agriculture is the backbone of the economy of this country. The Maputo Declaration of which Kenya is a signatory talks about 10 per cent of the revenue going towards agriculture. Currently, Kenya has never achieved the 10 per cent of the Maputo Declaration. Those grants will add value as far as the issue of agriculture is concerned. I speak on behalf of the people from the North Rift who feed this country. The other day, I saw an Hon. Member on national television asking why it is that national food security prioritises buying maize as opposed to buying waru or rice for that matter. The staple food in this country is maize. When you go to North Eastern, warias are taking ugali . When you go to Luo Nyanza, they are taking ugal i. Even in Ukambani, they no longer take muthokoi . Muthokoi is made up of cereals in any case. You cannot compare maize to potatoes from wherever they come from. The national food security…"
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