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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
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    "content": "This Senate, because of the confusion in the medical equipment leasing – there are no answers coming in terms of the cost of the project; when the project will end and what is being delivered – in the BPS, as I said, we recommend the suspension of that project pending further information. We, in the Committee, also recommend in our report that the proposed allocation to lease equipment of Kshs6.2 billion be deleted from the Division of Revenue Bill. We intend to also amend Clause 5(1) to indicate that any shortfall on revenues raised nationally, shall be borne by the national Government to the extent of the threshold as prescribed by regulations by the Cabinet Secretary. In this Bill, you will see some footnotes which we consider unnecessary. In fact, there is Schedule S(4) – we are deleting it and replacing with a New Schedule. At the end of that, there is a footnote – “The national government share includes Ksh4.3 billion which is a special grant to the National Health Insurance Fund for free medical care to be disbursed as reimbursement to county governments.” We see no reason for this. The figure Kshs4.3 billion is not appearing anywhere in the Schedule. It is only a statement, which I think is trying to appease people. So, we have deleted that footnote. I invite the Members to look at those recommendations. This is a very important Bill. It is only after this that we can move to the County Allocation of Revenue Bill and other things. We support our counties and devolution. We do not want to reduce funding below what is currently there. With those many remarks, I beg to move that the Bill, as sent by the National Assembly be amended to change Schedule 4 to include the deletion of Kshs6.2 billion and also the addition of Kshs21 billion for the inflation to take into account the Kshs314 billion onwards. The baseline should be Kshs314 billion and not Kshs304 billion – and that, Clause 5(2) be amended. I will move the amendment during the Committee Stage. I beg to move and ask Sen. Wetangula to second."
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