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    "id": 1425260,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I would have expected even Sen. Sifuna to take note that I have worn an orange tie. Therefore, as the Secretary-General of the ODM, he should at least be fair today. I do not know what we need in our Standing Orders when the chairperson and the committee reject a Bill, or what becomes of it. However, let me give my Solomonic injection to this conversation. I know today in the afternoon you had a communication where we are going for mediation under the Division of Revenue Bill. However, what we are even requesting for counties is modest. It is only Kshs415 billion against the Kshs4.2 trillion budget. While at least we accept that there are challenges with the running of counties, including wastage of resources and corruption, that should not be a reason to deny them money. This bicameral parliament has come a long way from 2010 to now. I did not see the need for this Bill. The Constitution and legal precedence, even on Petition No. 3 of the Senate of this Republic in 2013 on Division of Revenue, was pronounced by the Supreme Court. The Senate must be part of the budget-making process because it is in the Constitution. From the word go, I do not see the need for this legislative proposal. This legislative proposal has been made in a manner likely to make the Senate a rubber stamp of the ‘lower’ House. The Senate is in its rightful place and should and must be respected. We are not an appendage of the National Assembly or any other entity. We are elected by the people. We are entrenched in the Constitution. That is why when a Bill comes to the Floor of the House, the life of a Bill as it is in the Constitution 2010, if it is passed in either of the Houses with amendments, it goes for mediation. I did not see the reason why we introduced it. On that note, I want to celebrate my successor, Sen. Hillary Sigei, who is now coming of age. If you remember in my era, I used to shoot straight from the hip. That is why by the third year as the Senate’s JLARHC chairperson, I was de-whipped. If you look at my history, the HANSARD can bear me witness. My prowess is known for running JLAC in the last Session. Sen. Maanzo and yourself, the Chairperson of JLAC, and Sen. Cheptumo were there. We worked closely. I want to encourage him. Being a chair of JLAC is not easy sometimes. We even went ahead and investigated the disappearance and extrajudicial killings."
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