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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "content": "you take the money to pay X, but end up paying Y. We must be told about this public debt. On the issue of the Equalisation Fund, under Article 204, I want to request that the Committee on Finance and Budget to tell the nation what happened to the Equalisation Fund. We have been passing time and Nandi is supposed to benefit in Kapchorwa Ward, Soba-Songhor and Chemelil Chemase Ward. Although Terek and Chepterwai Ward should be beneficiaries in Nandi County, we are yet to get it. We must also demand a special audit by the office of the Auditor-General (OAG) to look into the Equalisation Fund. I know Meru and Kilifi counties are beneficiaries. Many other counties should benefit from the Equalisation Fund. Finally, the fifth point is on own-source revenue. We must agree, the revenue potential, for example, of Nairobi is Kshs63 billion, but when they collect Kshs11 billion or Kshs13 billion, they become excited. The revenue potential of Nandi is Kshs800 million, but when Governor Sang collects Kshs200 million, it is a celebration. Is it a case where a chicken lays an egg and makes a lot of noise as opposed to a cow, which gives a lot of milk? We must relook at the own-source revenue. For Nandi, we have multinational tea estates, land rates, land rent, among others. I want to challenge counties and I want to warn the governors, no governor is special. Even if you criticize the President, you are not special. We want to tell the Governor of Trans Nzoia that he must be held accountable. However, much he tries to politicize the issue, he must face the full wrath of the law. In this country, people should avoid bad manners. I want to thank Her Excellency Samia Suluhu Hassan, for calling out the activists who wanted to go and disrupt the peace in Tanzania. Additionally, she should have detained and prosecuted them because they have taught this country bad manners. These activists have taught our people to insult, undermine and lose respect to the leadership of this country. Tanzania is a very peaceful country. What President Samia Suluhu Hassan said, we should respect our countries. There is mutual respect. The activists who run around East Africa trying to meddle in the internal affairs of other countries must be stopped. Essentially, what business would you have to go and meddle in the affairs of Tanzania? I want to ask President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania to be very careful because these activists are funded by enemies of Africa, who want to destabilize the peace and tranquility of most African nations. You even saw in the last Gen Z protests. There were allegations that international donors were financing instability in this country using what we call the international donors. I want to ask President Samia Suluhu Hassan, that in the spirit of East Africa, she should assist us to discipline some of these ill-behaved activists who have continued to destabilize Kenya. The island of peace of Tanzania must be protected na awafinyekabisa."
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