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    "id": 1462719,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1462719/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for this opportunity to add my voice on to this Report by the Committee on Finance and Budget. I hate to be the devil's advocate, but I know my colleagues are expecting me to sing to the chorus of the Senate. However, especially after what has happened and with the revelations and the outcry of Gen Zs, it is time that we start telling each other the truth. I stand here to speak the truth to my colleagues. This is not because I am in the Senate and there is a battle between the National Assembly and the Senate. However, the truth of the matter is that after many years of devolution, we have to ask the question of how we are accounting for the funds that we keep on fighting for to send to the county assemblies. If you look at the rejection being faced on the proposal from the National Assembly, we are talking about a reduction from Kshs10.8 billion to Kshs10.07 billion. This is a reduction of less than five per cent. The President and the Executive asked us to live within our means, we must cut back and exercise austerity measures. We also said that every single Ministry has to cut back on the expenditures. So, what is different with the county assemblies, Madam Temporary Speaker? What is so special about the National Assembly that they cannot cut back on the expenditure? I am a member of the African Parliamentarian’s Network Against Corruption (APNAC). Last night, I was reading an analysis ---"
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