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    "id": 1232740,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I apologize for being late. The six minutes left for me are very important. Yesterday, when I stood on the Floor of the House, I rose to support the Report of the Budget Committee on the Division of Revenue Bill. Today, I proceed with the same line of thought and convince my colleagues on the importance of debate. I define debate as a terminology used in Parliament for or against, any single position. We find ourselves at a point where we are in this House to defend devolution. In this country, there is a lot of misconception that the President is the one who allocates money to county governments. I convince my colleagues that it is us who send money to the county governments and not the President. We have the rule of law which we are supposed to abide by when it comes to issues of division of revenue. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the framers of the Constitution of Kenya saw it fit to have three arms of Government; the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary. The legislative has the power of the purse and money. Today, we are here fighting for our counties to get money. The framers of the Constitution saw it fit to set up an independent body called the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) to advise. Article 218 says that when it comes to division of revenue, if Parliament will see it fit to deviate from the recommendation of the CRA, they have to follow with a memorandum that explains clearly why they are deviating. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when I look at the Senate today, the only person who was in the Senate then from other side when we sat here and debated on a formula to send money, is the distinguished Senator from Nandi, Sen. Cherarkey. At that point, we came up with a bare minimum of Kshs370 billion. However, the National Treasury became clever. For"
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