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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wakili Sigei",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support the Equalization Fund Appropriation Bill. My colleagues have spoken about the Division of Revenue Bill that was passed in this House last week. I would like to be candid and inform the House that sometimes, it is good to be a realist on matters of national resources. It is very convenient to speak about what is negative and say that this House denied counties funds that they are entitled to. It is, however, not convenient to say the positives that went into it. We are aware that as a House, there is always a procedure to be followed where a report from every Committee comes before the House, it is debated, and it can be amended, or adopted without the amendments. In this case, the Bill that came before the House was voted in and an amendment was proposed. Therefore, that went into what the majority of the Members dealt with. None is speaking about the positive issues in the Bill, including the enhanced allocation to national issues like library services that were previously never available. Nobody is talking about the fact that is a devolved function. Therefore, the Senate is there to protect the devolution and county governments. That is exactly what this House did last week in order to ensure that resources that are allocated to the counties are available for disbursements. Yesterday, we heard the Council of Governors (CoG) speak to the Bill. Allow me to now speak about the Equalization Fund Appropriation Bill. Article 204 of the Constitution--"
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