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    "id": 1068894,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Dullo",
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        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "There was a proposal to scrap some of the constituencies within our counties. We managed to save some of the counties. Although I know that looking at the record of the census, some people say Isiolo South Constituency is one of the constituencies that were saved. However, as far as the 2019 Census is concerned, Isiolo County has a population of 98,000 people. This clearly means that we have not been saved. Mr. Speaker, Sir, however, there are several counties even from the ones that benefited from the constituencies that have been saved as a result of our engagement. I think that is something worth noting. Again, I sat in the joint committee of both Houses. We looked at this Bill and there were a lot of issues especially on the errors that we found out concerning the Bill. However, we engaged consultants, and I am sure the previous speakers have mentioned about this. We looked at these errors and most of them were not substantive that affect the Bill itself. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we agreed as a Committee that instead of introducing an amendment because this is not our Bill, it is a popular initiative Bill, we should not carry out an amendment. That is what we agreed as a Committee. Instead, we agreed that we should have a report that points out all the issues that were raised in that Bill that affect various implementation stages and stakeholders. We managed to capture every concern that affects various stakeholders. It is really hard in a Constitution making or any Bill to satisfy everybody. Equally, Constitution of Kenya 2010 has its own challenges because we did not capture all the issues. That is why we are having this amendment. It is important that we managed to capture most important concerns and the things that are affecting certain stakeholders. We should make recommendations and make sure that they have been implemented if not now, maybe in future. Mr. Speaker, Sir, one of the errors in the Bill is the change of Cabinet Secretary (CS) to Cabinet Minister which was appearing in the whole Constitution Amendment Bill. It was hard to amend that word. If it means we amend the Bill, the bigger part of the Constitution will still have CS. We thought it is not good for us to amend but we should make recommendations. One of the good things that I feel that we achieved as a House is the revenue increment to 35 per cent. I know this is a matter that this Senate had been fighting for, for a very long time although, severally from the last to the current Senate, we had been shortchanged by the governors. This is important though I know there is a challenge of implementation because of the current situation we have in the world and also in the country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, increasing revenue from 15 per cent to 35 per cent is an improvement. It is also something that the Senate was fighting for, for a very long time. It is an achievement for us. I know some of our counties might not majorly benefit from that but I remember when we had a revenue allocation formula in this House, we fought so hard. I thank the Members who supported us especially Nairobi City County, Kakamega County and the rest. When some of us were losing, those counties supported"
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