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    "id": 986929,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/986929/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This Senate (Amendment) Bill which is before us has made me wonder. Hon. Mbadi, for the first time, has gone on record that when the President returns the Bill with a Memo, he used to say the President is legislating. On this matter, however, he is confirming that the President must legislate. That is the only route out. I slept over this matter. There are fundamental issues in this Division of Revenue Bill this year. Even the Ksh316 billion given to the counties is unrealistic and I said it. In fact, the Senate should have given the counties the 15 per cent allowed in the Constitution, which is about Ksh270 billion. So, where are they going to get the Ksh316 billion given to them? Where will the National Treasury get it from? It is something I do not understand. It becomes law the moment we pass it. Article 219 comes to effect. You can reduce the budget of the national Government, the Judiciary, the Legislature, Commissions and Independent Offices, but you will never touch what you allocate to the counties within the reading of Article 219. The Budget and Appropriations Committee is very honest. The people who failed are those who prepared the Transfer Deed. If you read Section 5(2) of the Deed of Transfer, then you look at the report of the Senate, you will find that Section 5(2) is very specific that the money will go to the County Revenue The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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