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    "id": 1169470,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will stick to relevance when relevance demands that I stick to relevance. From the onset, I gave a disclaimer that I will contribute to the cash disbursement schedule but the first thing is to talk to the young men and women who are seated in this Parliament to understand some of the things that we do here. I was in the middle of my submission. My colleague from the other side of the aisle should have been patient enough to listen to what I am saying. The young men and women who are here are a different generation. We want to leave this country a better place that we found it. When we are gone and the fact that they are young, they will also contribute to this county. Earlier on, my colleague was talking about the dangers of this cash being disbursed and governors misappropriating them. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with all due respect, my colleague should have been patient enough to understand where my line of thought is. As I continue to contribute to this matter, I retaliate on the importance of the EAC because every cent or dollar that we contribute and sent to counties does work that can benefit the EAC. The amount of money that we are talking about here, if I can be specific, this are additional allocation of funds that are supposed to assist hospitals and roads. There are roads and hospitals that ought to be build. We need Level four and five hospitals in places like Loita, Naivera or Namanga, which is on the boarder of Kenya and Tanzania. So, when we have an unrest either in Tanzania or in Kenya, it will affect us. It is not a secret that people from Tanzania cross to Kenya to be treated. Neither is it a secret that Kenyans too cross the boarders to Tanzania to be treated. When I raise the concern of our people being stigmatized, extremist measures, when we have 31 people, we are talking about conditional allocation. This money is an additional allocation. Specifically, if you look at the figures that have been given to Narok, that money is for hospitals and for roads. We cannot hide from the fact that some of us migrated from Tanzania and moved into this country. If they are suffering there, it is an issue that all of us should know of and be concerned about. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as they proceed, I want to encourage the young men and women and their teacher to pay attention to what is happening even in the debate in this House. This is because, today we are talking about sending additional allocation. First, there is a genesis as to why the Bill was converted to additional allocation and my good friend from the other side of the isle would benefit when I tell him that when it was conditional grants, the county governments were saying that the Senate does not have any mandate to oversight on that money. I am raising issues, which are pertinent. This is because, when we talk about allocation of revenue to counties, this year, we are discussing about money that will be send to county governments for next financial year. However, it is a bit hypocritical for us to discuss additional allocation that is going on this year."
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