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    "id": 1423300,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have many Senators with spine, but not all. I hope that the Mediation Committee will stand firm for the Senate, and that they will not be intimidated by political parties and partisan politics. This is about county governments and not the Kenya Kwanza Government or Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Coalition Party. I hope that the way we stood up when we came up with the formula for revenue allocation will be the same that the Senate will in order to be counted. Where the Council of Governors (CoG) failed at the IBEC and the National Assembly is failing county governments, the Senate should be the House that lives up to defend and protect the interest of counites and their governments. To Members of the National Assembly, when money goes to the counties, it reaches the constituencies. We have seen some things on the ground, but we have also seen cars in parking lots, which is money from the NG-CDF. Let us be honest. We should not point fingers at governors and fail to look at the rot and problems we have seen in allocation and distribution of resources that go to the NG-CDF. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Supreme Court of Kenya declared that this House must be involved in decisions to do with the NG-CDF and the NGAAF. We look forward to the day when that legislative proposal shall be brought before the Senate because we shall do the right thing and make sure that we respect the two levels of government in this country; the national Government and county governments. Those are the two levels of government in the Constitution. The rest were creatures of the past Constitution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Senate will do the right thing. To men and women who will be in that Mediation Committee, kindly do not do what Members of the National Assembly did with Hon. Linturi. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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