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    "id": 1018866,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
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    "content": "You have the authority because Parliament makes the budget and is not at the mercy of the Executive. Let us stop being at the mercy of the Executive so as to run away from our responsibilities. The Executive is taking us for granted. We, as the Senate, have allowed ourselves to play boys and girls for the Executive. That must stop. The Council of Governors (CoG) was never our partner in budget making. Every time they go to the Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council ( IBEC ), they settle for a small figure and we are told: “Governors have agreed”. What is your problem?” We want to tell the governors that their job is to run counties and not to do budget figures for the counties. I want to thank the Senators who stood with the counties that were losing. The seven Senators, Sen. Murkomen, Sen. Sakaja, Sen. Malalah, Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka, Sen. (Dr.) Langat, and Sen. Cheruiyot. All these Senators put their careers on line and supported us. Some of them had to pay heavily because they were arrested and molested for nothing. Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to thank Sen. Sakaja for being innovative. Sen. Sakaja is the one who brought the formula of Y=A+B and I want to thank him. I will not forget our nominated Senators, the gallant ladies in this House who have been very strong. They have been intimidated by the leadership led by Sen. Kang’ata and his team. They were harassed for nothing, but they have stood for this country. They have been very useful."
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