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    "id": 1027401,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1027401/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me just leave that because it is not about understanding the concept. In the Republic of Kenya, I was the first person to write on fiscal decentralization more than ten years ago. I understand this formula very well. The examples I am giving are for illustrative purposes. Lastly, and I was going to give you a different county, for example, Siaya County, which is Sen. Orengo’s county, with 900,000 people if it is ‘one man-one shilling’, it will get Kshs6.6 billion and they have been getting Kshs6.7 billion. These discrepancies are there. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the point I am making is in the initial formula, the highest per capita allocation was going to Lamu County at Kshs27,000 and the lowest was Nairobi City County at Kshs3,300 or there about. Even in this formula by the Committee, the highest per capita was still Kshs21,000 and Kshs3,500. The point is: If both formulas are not addressing one man-one shilling concept, and are not reducing the per capita discrepancy, why should we go with a formula that is hurting counties? That is political treason for these Members. I gave an example. If tomorrow Sen. Cherargei or Sen. (Dr.) Lelegwe go to their counties having lost Kshs500 million and the governor says: “In this budget I wanted to"
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