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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Okiya Omtatah",
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    "content": "total confidence in them at 100 per cent. They will represent the true position of the Senate on the question of funds going to the counties. Our counties are underfunded; irrespective of how the money is being used. Many services cannot be provided. Therefore, we need more funds to go down to counties. As I have observed before, even the calculation of the revenue has been manipulated to leave out a very big chunk of national Government revenue. The “at least 15 per cent” we are talking of is not even pegged on the true picture of the revenue raised nationally. It is the revenue that the National Assembly decided should go to the counties. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am very happy you have chosen a team that I have no doubt will not blink. There is no room for blinking. This is a case whereby if they do not want to give us the money for the counties, let the budget sink. The time when we were being taken for a ride is over. We must get the counties at least the very minimum they require to survive. The figures we have were arrived at through a study. They were not random and cannot be randomly varied. Let the counties have their cake. What they do with the cake is the work of the Senate. We will go down there to ensure that the money is used according to the law."
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