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    "id": 1102390,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. Madzayo is perfectly in order to raise that issue, only that as a former Judge, he knows that the proceedings are not yet live at the Supreme Court. We only have the notice of appeal that has been filed. I am referring to the proceedings that have already been concluded in the High Court and the Court of Appeal, and the judgment thereof, which we are free to discuss. When the proceedings begin, the judges will give directions and, of course, we will all be guided at that point in time. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, just allow me to say this. We should not forget one thing; that the amount of money in this Cash Disbursement Schedule, which is Kshs370 billion, was gotten through sweat and fights. We could not even say “Hi”. We would not even shake hands with my colleague, Sen. Kihika. That time, we were on the same side with Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki. Sen. Kihika and Sen. Cherargei were not my friends for four months. Sen. Madzayo and Sen. Olekina among others were my best friends for those four months. That included you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in ‘ Team Kenya .’ If both sides had not stood firm--- We may come here and say ‘ Team Kenya ’ was heard, but that is not the case. It was collective hard work of both sides. Just imagine if the team lead by Sen. Kibiru, Sen. Kihika and others had given up early and said they were not going to change anything; we would share Kshs316 billion. We could never have gotten Kshs370 billion. It is because they made “one man, one shilling” so important and we made equitable distribution so important that the people at the top conceded to Kshs370 billion. You know how we achieved the Kshs370 billion. It is because the “one man, one shilling” group wanted to succeed without punishing those of us who were fighting for equity, and that is how we got Kshs370 billion. We must not forget to celebrate, as a Senate, our greatest achievement amidst all these pandemics and challenges we went through because we made the Senate a stronger House for the four months we had negotiations. For the first time, there has been a leap from Kshs316 billion to counties being given Kshs370 billion. No governor should walk around and feel like they are so proud of doing things on the ground there without giving due acknowledgement of the work we have done as Senators. At the beginning of this negotiation, my county was saying: “Sen. Murkomen is joining another group, our county is gaining.” They were gaining a lot of money. Now look at Elgeyo-Marakwet County. They are jumping from equitable distribution of about Kshs3.7 billion last year and now getting Kshs4.6 billion. This is because their Senator stood firm to fight for devolution in this House. I want to tell Sen. Kihika and other Senators--- Sen. Madzayo, it looks like you dropped your ambitions for governorship. However, for Sen. Kihika who is here, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. who is not here, Sen. Malalah and many of us here who are running for governorship--- I think Sen. Kibiru is still debating because without joining the ‘hustler nation’, he has to drop his ambitions."
}