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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "content": "I remember the very first time the CRA put out a proposal in terms of a revenue sharing formula, I took time to seek out some friends of mine who are commissioners in the CRA. First of all, the picture that they painted for our country was quite grim for me. We rely on data and statistics that are kept in the ministries, departments and agencies. However, that data is so corrupted and skewed that it is almost totally unreliable. If you start there, and knowing, for instance, that this formula that is being proposed by the committee attaches extreme significance to certain data sets, the first one being population. Now, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you and I know that when immediately you raise the question of the census of 2019, there are people who will tell you that that census itself is flawed. In fact, there is already a court decision, Sen. Mungatana can correct me if I am wrong, on the legality of the figures that were put out by Government following the census of 2019. So, if you attach 45 per cent weight to that data set, there are already problems. However, we are willing to be guided. The most heartbreaking thing is that there are professionals who sit in these ministries and government agencies who will massage numbers for data, health, agriculture and all sorts of things, to skew allocation of national resources towards their regions and even their communities. It is something that professional bodies in this country must look into."
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