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    "id": 1563660,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I strongly associate with the sentiments of my colleagues, but I am very industrious, hence I have read the report and internalized it. I have the report and it has markers. I am ready to debate. Sen. Cheruiyot, Sen. (Dr.) Lelegwe and a number of us who have been in this House through God’s grace know that the issue of revenue formula almost divided the country in the last session. We found it challenging to convince the nation on why we should adopt that basis. The Chairperson of the Committee on Budget and Finance together with you were governors then, and you will remember that we had a push and pull. My proposal, as you give us guidance on the timelines is that for the convenience of our colleagues who have not gone through the document, we be given time to go through it. I note that we have signed something to do with kamukunji . In that kamukunji, the Members can be taken through the report by Dr. Masinde of the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) for them to understand it. I remember there was a lot of protracted fight in this House when some counties lost. That almost divided us. We had people who were saying. “one man, one vote, one shilling” and the others were saying “one man, one shilling, one kilometer.” We do not want to reduce this debate to that level. I wish we defer this matter, go and build consensus, then come back to debate and pass the Motion. We do not need to push to the extreme. Sen. Kisang’ and the Senator for Lamu are from small counties that have been facing challenges of skewed resource allocation and I know that they would want to know how this is done. Mr. Speaker, Sir, let us give a time out for us to go and sit together. I know that people like Sen. Eddy who are supporters of Arsenal are still recovering from their loss to PSG football club that happened yesterday. They are still recovering and mourning. They should, therefore, be given time to recover before they look at the serious matters. You can guide the House on that issue."
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