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    "id": 923664,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
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    "content": "However, this House must ensure that devolution is supported and not strangled. We do not claw back the successes that we have made so far in devolution by reducing funding to counties. The Budget this year is supposed to increase by about Kshs200 billion over and above what was there in the last financial year. Out of Kshs200 billion, we are saying Kshs21 billion be allocated to counties. I do not think it is asking for too much. It is important that we stand with this. On the issue of equitable share, the argument that we compensate for sharable revenue by giving extra conditional grants does not hold. Article 202 of the Constitution states - “(1) Revenue raised nationally shall be shared equitably among the national and county governments. (2) County governments may be given additional allocations from the national government’s share of the revenue, either conditionally or unconditionally.” That argument does not hold that because they are compensating county governments under the conditional grant. So that counties must be given their rightful share. The question of wastage in counties is neither here nor there. It is true that there could be wastage at both levels of Government. That is an accountability matter and we are dealing with budget issues. The issue of accountability can be dealt with the laws that The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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