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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I think this is the most important Bill as has been echoed by the Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Cheruiyot. If this Bill succeeds, then we will help our counties get Kshs34 billion to 37 billion in addition to what they already get. I thank the Committee on Budget and Finance - of which I am a Member - led by our able chairperson, Sen. Ali Roba for work well done. This has been one of the busiest Committees in the past two weeks. Through the committed leadership of the chairperson, we have engaged the stakeholders who have given us insight on the Bill. Being a Member of the Committee, my comments might be preemptive but I will be cautious not to exhaustively pronounce myself on this. A few Senators have passionately spoken about the Equalisation Fund which is established in our Constitution under Article 204. There is a lot of passion around this. There are some emerging issues of legality that have come from the Committee, this is not to pronounce myself on this but to indicate that given the weighty issues on Equalisation Fund, the Committee is considering separating the Bill into two. These are-"
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