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    "id": 1462739,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker. I am very concerned that in this House, we are now comparing apples to bananas instead of apples to apples. It is really sad because what we are talking about is not money which is sent to county governments. This is money that has been utilized by the national Government. The Constitution under Article 204 sets the Equalisation Fund with a sunset clause. The Constitution determines how much money is going to be set aside to uplift the living standards of the people of this nation who live in different pockets of this country and who have been left behind by any other form of development. It saddens me when I see a colleague standing here and becomes a populist just because we have got a crisis in this country and completely misadvises and misguides the nation on what we are talking about. This fiscal indiscipline of the National Treasury must be stated very clearly. What we are talking about here, in simple English, is that Sen. Olekina here, completely rejects the unconstitutional actions of the National Assembly by attempting to The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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