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    "id": 1063669,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you look at the findings of the Committee, and this is at page 166 of the Report, we have analysed this provision vis-à-vis Article 217 of the Constitution, which provides that in every five years the Senate will come up with a resolution to determine the basis for allocating money among counties. We had a simulation that was done to us by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO). If we were to apply that new clause, 50(n), there are a number of counties that will automatically be disadvantaged. Tana River County, for example, will immediately lose Kshs2.3 billion if that clause takes effect. Samburu County will lose Kshs1.2 billion; Marsabit County, Kshs1.2 billion; Isiolo County, Kshs1.1 billion; Turkana County, Kshs435 million and Taita/Taveta County will lose Kshs368 million. You may not see this debate being vibrant in the National Assembly because this is a matter that is handled almost exclusively by the Senate. It is us who understand that our role is to defend county governments and the people who reside in those counties."
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