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    "id": 1015314,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1015314/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Makali Mulu",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1955,
        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you very much. I was saying that the Senate should not have taken more than a year to look at this formula and then this honourable House is given two hours to discuss it and make a decision. Our hands are tied because the Senate wants to show Kenyans that we, as a House, do not care. If I was given an opportunity, I would have said that we should be given more time to discuss this formula. If we do that, it means that we will not pass the County Allocation of Revenue Bill which will be brought next week. Kenyans will say that the National Assembly is the one which is (inaudible). As we move forward we, as a House, must insist that we must be given adequate time to look at some of these things. This is what some of us do. We like figures and we can take time to critically look at them. When we look at these figures, we do not want to be rushed. Last but not least, there are critical factors like water, electrification and other important services in this country which should have been considered, but they were not considered. I really want to emphasize something on agriculture. When you talk about agriculture and a figure of rural households, this is a big joke. Agriculture cannot be equated to rural households. There are many other things which happen in the rural areas. If you go to Nyanza and Coast, there is fishing. This is what we call the blue economy. Let us be genuine in this formula. In terms of representation, where are our colleagues who come from the Coast, Lake Victoria, Lake Turkana and such big water masses in this formula?"
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