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    "id": 960962,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud",
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
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    "content": "It provides that the Chairperson may make a statement relating to a matter for which the Committee is responsible. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as late as yesterday, we did pass the National Assembly Division of Revenue Bill with amendment. Today is 8th August 2019, more than one month into the Financial Year 2019/2020. There is nothing available to the counties in terms of paying for their services including salaries. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, whereas the national Government is enjoying the benefit of the Appropriation Act whose legality is being contested, they are drawing money from a vote to pay for their services. However, the same is not happening in the counties. They are in a crisis because they cannot pay their salaries. This is deliberate because it has been occasioned by the procrastination of the National Assembly, which believes that the mandate to deal with the budget is theirs and nobody else’s."
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