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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "content": "Motion gets the support of Senators, we will be able to uplift some counties to a level that they can also try to bring developments to their regions. I want to remind our brothers from the arid, semi-arid and sparsely populated counties that the formula that we had here in 2019 - Sen. Wambua you can bear me witness - was exposing some of them to the risk of losing to the tune of up to Kshs2 billion. However, because we recognized, deliberately, that we were elected not just to fight for Nyamira, but to fight for all the 47 counties, we stood with our brothers to ensure that nobody was disadvantaged with that third revenue sharing formula. I urge our colleagues here to stand with the 11 counties, so that all of us 47 counties move together in the same spirit as Senators who are here to defend devolution and the functions that have been assigned to our devolved units. In conclusion, I also want to urge all the bodies that are tasked with ensuring that corruption does not get deeper roots in this country to create confidence within our counties. Action should be taken on those who misappropriate public money. We should see more people behind bars, so that there is deterrence. With those remarks, I kindly ask the Senator for Elgeyo Marakwet to second the Motion."
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