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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the time for reckoning will come and I want to be proved wrong at that time. This is the time for us to practice what we preach. If we come here and say our hospitals need medicine, we forget that the Ministry of Health has the largest share of the budget; a sum of Kshs131 billion. We are only asking for Kshs415 billion to be sent to 47 counties. Yesterday, I heard an hon. Member of Parliament saying that money should not go to counties, but to the NG-CDF. First of all, the NG-CDF is illegal. It being illegal, it is imperative for us to remember that our role as legislators is to make laws. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are making laws and dividing money between two levels of Government. We have done the calculations and we have constitutional bodies that advise us. The Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) has given us a figure and our Committee on Finance and Budget has settled on Kshs415 billion. It is only logical that we go by that professional advice. I want to request my colleagues that because we will select distinguished men and women who we know will fight for devolution and be able to go to that Mediation Committee, please, do not come back here saying that you have been compromised. Do not come back here telling us that you had to give in; that it is a give and take spirit. There is no give and take. Let me tell you the hard reality; this Senate does not have money. Today, the Parliamentary Joint Service has more money. What is this animal called Parliamentary Joint Service if the Senate itself does not even have money for the committees? What are we talking about? Let us be realistic. If we do not fight for the Senate, we will go down in history as the House that failed to defend devolution---"
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