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    "id": 1243710,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to be on record as fully and wholeheartedly supporting the Motion on the Floor that recommends that the sittings of the Senate be held in the County of Turkana. I hope that while in Turkana, we will tell the people of Turkana how much the Senate loves them. Sen. Cherarkey will confirm that in the last Session, during the revenue sharing discussions, Turkana County was meant to lose over Kshs1 billion. If it was not for the intervention and the fact that the Senate stood firm, they would have lost over Kshs1 billion. Therefore, it is a county that is dear to the Senators. If you want to see the fruits of devolution, the place to go is Turkana. Secondly, it is good that we chose Turkana County because it is a strategic county for our country. Where I come from in Nyamira, we have no land to give to investors to build big industries, but Turkana has got land. It has the largest underground fresh water in Kenya. Look at that potential. It also has oil, which Nyamira does not have. We only have tea and bananas. Turkana people have resources that can transform the economy of the country. Therefore, I must commend SBC for picking this strategic county and I hope we will have an exciting experience. I agree with Sen. Cherarkey that should also give us an opportunity to do an audit of the money that we sent to the counties to support devolution. Let us go and see if the"
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