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    "id": 1231404,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1231404/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
        "slug": "aaron-cheruiyot"
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    "content": "Thanks to the Bill that we passed in this House. There is now a structured way on how our county governments receive conditional grants. Before we raised the alarm at the Committee on Finance and Budget, mandarins would sit at the National Treasury and, for example, give Kshs5 million to Kisumu County Government for a certain programme and certain amounts to Lamu or Kericho county government. You would see a pattern of discrepancies and continued marginalization of certain parts of the country. That was taking away the role of Parliament. Had the Committee on Finance and Budget not stood firm and with the support of this House, today while moving this Bill, you would have seen an extra Kshs2 billion, Kshs3 billion or even Kshs5 billion being distributed unequally to well-aligned counties, which goes against the foundation of this House that believes in the principle of equality. This House has 47 counties properly representing the people of Kenya. We are equal before the law and the Constitution and this House should treat us all equally. It is one of the things I am proud of being a Member and part and parcel of this House. When we sit down to distribute and allocate revenue, it comes down to this."
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