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    "id": 984380,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will try and be extremely brief. I am a Member of this Committee. Therefore, I have had my opportunity to give my thoughts on this particular Bill. I have two issues that I wish to bring to the attention of the House. One is on conditional grants; year in, year out, these continue to increase. The trend is that since they begun in 2015, there has been an increase of huge amounts on each and every financial year. This is an avenue which, if we do not check as Parliament, we could be passing the buck to the Executive to apportion money to counties that they feel that for one reason or the other, are more deserving than others. All processes of distribution and sharing of nationally raised revenue is a preserve of Parliament. The exercise of the discretionally power that was handed on conditional grant continues to be abused. It is my hope, and we will put it as part of our report, that this should be the last time we will allow the National Treasury to give us proposals for conditional grants without giving a formula as to how they arrive at the decision on which amount goes to which county and for what reasons. Finally, on the issue of Nairobi City County, many of my colleagues have canvassed on the proposals that have been made. The most important thing is that we, as a Committee, while reaching this decision, were guided by regulations that were put by the people who gave out this proposal. Clause 5.2 of the transition deed insist that county resources shall be maintained and managed by the County Government of Nairobi. Therefore, I do not understand the hurry. Before we sit as a House to determine how much will go to each county, they have already set aside KShs15 billion. It goes on to the side debate that is going on of how the Executive continues to view this Parliament. We can blame each other and say that the Senate Majority Leader is responsible, but the most important aspect is how much as individuals, have exercised the vote that the people we represent in this House have given to us and what our contribution has been. It is time to have sober reflection and not just blame each other for what has been our contribution."
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