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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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    "content": " That is very good information, which you need to use, Sen. Omogeni, because you are the owner of this amended Motion. Shave this poverty index from the proposed, what is it, what is the percentage? I am trying to - 12 percent - Let us have it at nine or 10 per cent. The CRA had proposed three percent to us. We did not agree with them last time, but I believe, colleagues, that we must reward good behavior in our counties. I want to plead with each one of you that let us find a percentage and we could even borrow from the guidance of CRA from the Third-Generation Formula of ensuring that our counties and county governments that manage their resources better are encouraged. I was speaking to the point that we are in a World Bank and all these IMF programmes, they are telling us, you know, fiscal consolidation. They are telling us reduce corruption. That is why they want us to pass the Conflict of Interest Bill. They are saying, consolidate this or the other. However, at the heart of that conversation, the most important thing that they keep on informing us is to keep our eyes on growth. If growth becomes your primary target, it answers all these challenges. People begin to complain less about being pressed by the tax burden. If you are able to show demonstrable growth, then people appreciate and know that which you are doing. With those many remarks, Madam Temporary Speaker, like I have said to my colleagues from the 11 counties, persuade us better. However, on count of rewarding good behavior by our counties, the place to pinch from is on the poverty index. I appreciate, Madam Temporary Speaker. Thank you."
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