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"speaker_title": "Hon. Dorice Donya",
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"content": "was given to mitigate floods, they have only spent maybe Ksh10,000 in tokenism, which is not good. As we give out this money, they should consider doing drainage systems, because when we have more floods, soil nutrients are affected thus we will have no food. Let me end it there. Thank you."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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"content": " Member for Lafey. Is it Lafey or Lafi?"
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Abdirahman Mohamed",
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"content": " Thank you Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity. At the outset, I support the Mediated Version of the Division of Revenue Bill. I also take this opportunity to thank my able Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, his Vice-Chair, and all the Members who have made this happen. We all know that the National Assembly had proposed Ksh391 billion, Commission for Revenue Allocation proposed Ksh398 billion, and the Senate proposed Ksh415 billion. Settling on Ksh400.1 billion was not an easy task. They have done a good job. From Ksh385 billion to now Ksh400.1 billion is an increase of more than Ksh15 billion. This will help the devolved functions to perform better. We know some governors are doing very good job. In our area, it is on record that out of 47 counties, it is only in Mandera County where the governor pays school fees for all students in secondary schools within Mandera County. That is a good job. I thank him because he is helping the people who elected him. Since he was elected, there is no parent who pays a single coin for students going to secondary schools. That is good work."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Abdirahman Mohamed",
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"content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, we all know that health, water, agriculture and Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) are devolved functions. This increment will also support the governors to employ more youth. They are jobless. There are those who have done nursing courses. In Lafey Constituency, a health centre has only two nurses. This money will help the governors. They will not say that they cannot employ people due to shortage of funds. We have given them Ksh15 billion as shareable revenue. They will not say that they cannot employ the youth because of lack of funds."
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"content": "We also know some governors have gone out of their way to provide school feeding programmes in their respective counties. This will help them to do more work. I want to go on record in thanking His Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya, Dr William Samoei Ruto. We know he supports devolution. Without his support, we could not have increased the funds for the county governments today. Because of his support, the governors will get Kshs15 billion more. We know there are some areas which do not have ECD centres. In my constituency, there are too many locations without them. We are happy now. I am sure the governors will now prioritise them."
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"speaker_name": "Lafey, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Abdirahman Mohamed",
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"content": "With those few remarks, I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support the Motion."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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"content": " Thank you. Member for South Mugirango."
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"speaker_name": "South Mugirango, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Osoro",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I take this opportunity to congratulate the Mediation Committee for reaching out and making this decision, and allocating Ksh400.1 billion to county governments. This is the first time that they are being allocated this substantial amount. It has always been Ksh370 billion, Ksh350 billion and 380 billion. We are now at about Ksh400 billion. If you work on the last audited report, you will realise that in terms of percentage, it is about 24.4 per cent. The Constitution sets 15 per cent as the limit or least amount of revenue which should be allocated to the county government. So, there is growth or rise of 9.4 per cent. We are in the right trajectory. However, I support this Motion with a lot of pain. We really know what county governments do. Much as we appreciate some counties that do tremendous job, it is also 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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"speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Osoro",
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"content": "important for us to mention that there are other counties that you can hardly see what these amounts do. The National Government is deeply focused on supporting devolution and pushing all the resources to the county governments. However, it is also important for us to state that devolution does not work in some counties. I do not know how others are able to do it. I, however, do not know how others function. It is quite shocking how these amounts of money are shared across the counties. If each person sits down with a pen and paper to calculate the amount of money their counties receive, they will be shocked and surprised how the huge amounts are misused. In my county, for example, Ksh15 billion in the shared revenue is allocated but you hardly see what it does. We, therefore, need to review this law. As we celebrate that large amounts have been allocated to county governments, it is about time we have a discussion on how the allocations should be spent. It is sad that about 90 per cent of it goes to recurrent expenditure. Unless we want to close our eyes, it is time we supported the MCAs to get to the level of managing these funds in the name of Ward Development Fund (WDF). That is the only time you can see devolution working. What we have otherwise done is create some demi-gods in counties; people who assume big titles and move around like mini presidents within counties, but you hardly see what they do. This is replicated across the country. I was misquoted last time when I said that you will see governors having their own …"
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"content": "(Hon. Njuguna Kawanjiku walked in front of Hon. Silvanus Osoro while he contributed on the Floor)"
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