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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "Thank you, very much Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will not take long as well. I stand to support the Division of Revenue Bill as proposed by the Senate Chairperson of the Committee on Finance and Budget. Anybody who says that the Senate has no jurisdiction in this matter as you have already rightly put is totally ignorant, but let me not go there. I support this amendment to allocate Kshs335 billion for the following reasons: I have noticed that the negative impact of the national debt on division of revenue had been ignored in the first place. To say that counties are misusing money and that is why they should not get more money is---. While there may be some issues around that, these are two different matters and we should not, on that basis, bring the discussion of below optimal use of resources into this debate. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know that the country has been telling us that we do not have money and should give our salaries and what have you, but what about the negative impact of the burden of close to Kshs6 trillion that is affecting our ability to provide services in counties and at the national level? I also support this amendment because as it stands now, as proposed by the National Assembly, the Division of Revenue Bill deviates from the CRA recommendations. Therefore, this House must stand its ground and ensure that we support this Bill. Additionally, this House is not doing this for the sake of it, but for the people of this country. Therefore, the point of this Bill was never about ‘upper House’ or ‘Lower House’, but the people for this country who need more services. In fact, the minimal 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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