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    "id": 1027393,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1027393/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13131,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, if I go to the formula which came, I want to make it clear because Kenyans must know and we must debunk some of the myths that have been peddled. First, there was no Commission of Revenue Allocation (CRA) proposal before the House today. It was not the CRA formula; it was a formula that was originally CRAs’ and amended by the Committee. Therefore, no one has rejected the CRA formula. Secondly, I need to be clear on this and I will demonstrate. With regard to the one man-one shilling principle, Nairobi would be the biggest beneficiary. However, there is no single proposal that has been brought to this House that is ‘one man-one shilling.’ If it was ‘one man-one shilling,’ Nairobi should be getting Kshs29.8 billion, but we are only getting Kshs15 billion. Many times, urban poverty burns more than rural poverty. For the people in Mathare and Kibra, if they do not have money, they cannot get a place to stay and food. So, the notion that people are being told that there is a ‘one man- one shilling’ formula is not true. I will demonstrate further. Mr. Speaker, Sir, one man-one shilling means the population of your county divided by the population of the country, multiplied by Kshs316.5 billion. People have been peddling a rumour that there are certain parts that have been treated unfairly because of not having ‘one man-one shilling’ allocation. According to ‘one man-one shilling,’ Kirinyaga County that has a population of 610,000 people should be getting Kshs4 billion. What did it get before and in what I am proposing? It is Kshs5.3 billion and Kshs4.2 billion above ‘one man-one shilling.’"
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