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    "id": 1555541,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "content": "Therefore, the National Assembly should stop its bulldozing and arm-twisting in terms of oversight. There is a saying that when a lizard wants to wear a trouser, it should choose the tail that will wear the trouser. I am happy that the other day in Bondo, the ODM Secretary General who is the Senator for Nairobi City County called out the National Assembly Minority Leader. That was brave of him. I have never been proud of Sen. Sifuna until that day when he called out the pretense. We had agreed that of the Kshs4 trillion national budget, the equitable shareable revenue of Kshs450 billion should go to counties. However, they went and substituted zero then it came to Kshs405 billion. Therefore, we need to agree. That is what the Senate Deputy Minority Whip was arguing about. I, therefore, want to challenge the National Assembly. They should know that when a lizard wants to wear a trouser, it should choose the tail that will wear it. Allow me to quickly run through the Bill. I have heard the Mover of the Bill, my sister, who is doing a good work of promoting menstrual hygiene that she is pushing for provision of sanitary pads to public facilities. According to Article 249(3) of our Constitution, Parliament is supposed to appropriate funds to independent offices and commissions. It does not say the National Assembly. I want to invite my colleagues to read Article 249(3) of the Constitution. It says-"
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