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    "id": 1032055,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "that that formula has been reintroduced through the backdoor in the Constitution amendment. That is why it is talking of something just like the “one man one shilling”. This is because population is the only factor, which is being considered. Land mass, poverty, level of development and all the other issues are not there. You are told you cannot get per capita of more than three times in Nairobi County. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for those counties, if you use the same formula on this year’s allocation, nine counties were losing between Kshs600 million and Kshs2 billion. Those counties are like Lamu, Isiolo, Tana River, Marsabit, Wajir, and Samburu which are all affected by population. When we introduce that kind of punitive and discriminative clause in the Constitution, we are making it difficult. It is better even when it was in the formula when we can argue here. You put it in the Constitution and you are making it difficult for that equity to be achieved. Let us not give Kenyans by one hand and deny it with the other by introducing that in the Constitution. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, also the issue of representation needs to be checked. You introduce 70 seats and then they are based on population because that is where we talk of multiple representation constituencies. It is because of the population. That will disadvantage some areas because others will have more representation especially in the National Assembly. My thinking has been this. This House was almost dissolved or being threatened. Still the dagger hangs over our head. We are to be dissolve because of the two-third gender rule. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thought this was one of the easiest ways to correct that, but now we are running away from it. In the National Assembly where the numbers are more, it is even made difficult to attain it by even removing the women representatives. Let us look at it wholly and not rush it so that it becomes a divisive tool instead of being something to unite this country."
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