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    "id": 916698,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ali",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the most unfortunate thing is that if there is no Division of Revenue Act (DORA) and County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA) for the counties, what we are told is that they will only get money for recurrent expenditure. That means there is no development expenditure. If there is no development expenditure, then what are we doing in these counties? What are the National Assembly Members going to tell their people if there is no development in those counties? Bills which are passed from this House and send to the National Assembly are referred to the Appropriation Budget Committee. That is very wrong and it should not happen. If that is what they do there, I think we should find a way of taking to two or three different committees when they bring their Bills here and deposit them in the store until they conclude with the ones we send to their side. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have been in both Houses and we have been serving Kenyans of all walks of life and so, what is happening in the National Assembly is unfortunate. This is not the way to go. This is not what should be done. They should go back and realize that what they are doing is not right. We are doing everything for Kenya and we will not allow devolution to die. We want funds meant for devolution to be increased from 10 per cent to 45 per cent. I think this House should go out and start asking Kenyans to accept the referendum and the BBI, so that we enhance the powers of the Senate, because that is the only way devolution will stand on its feet. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in the National Assembly has failed to perform their duty and that is why the money that we are being allocated - now we are talking about money being allocated in the Division of Revenue Bill - based on the 2015 Budget and not the 2019 Budget. This already indicates that they are not performing. That is the idle House and they should perform their duties better."
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