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    "id": 1241085,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1241085/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is as factual as the second coming of Jesus Christ. It is very important. You know, when we are on this forum, we learn. I learn from colleagues and they learn from me. I said very well that the President assented to Kshs385.5 billion, under equitable sharable revenue. However, we passed Kshs44 billion as conditional grants. It totals to Kshs429 billion. It is like having money in Equity Bank and Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB). It is your money. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. Faki should stop consulting Serjeant-at-Arms and listen keenly. I am making a life changing statement, so that they do not mislead the public in ‘disco matangas. ’ It is Kshs429.5 billion that will go to counties. I beg our colleagues that the HANSARD will bear us witness. We can say other things for political expediency, but facts will remain as stubborn as they are. I want to rest there and hope that when this issue of VAT comes up, we will pass it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as you may remember, I also asked a question about fuel subsidies. Yesterday, the Daily Nation reported that Kshs62 billion was lost under the fuel subsidy programme. The person who was making a lot of noise yesterday in Ngong Racecourse was the person who presided over the loss of Kshs62 billion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, apart from asking about VAT, they should be asking Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga where Kshs62 billion that was meant for fuel subsidy went. We cannot lie to this country. The era of lies must stop because Kshs62 billion cannot be accounted for. I support."
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