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    "id": 357421,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lati",
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        "legal_name": "Jonathan Lelelit Lati",
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    "content": "I want to thank you, hon. Speaker for remembering my name. This is because I forgot to say my name when I stood here. I was very excited to speak and so I forgot to announce my name. So for the record, I am hon. Lati Lelelit from Samburu West. I have been listening to Members from both sides of the House arguing on who should serve in which committee. We are here to represent the people who elected us. It would be very unfair for us to be branded that we can only to be here to represent the interests of Jubilee or CORD. I would like to assure my friends on the other side of the Floor that they are safe with some of us. If some of us appear in those committees and something is genuinely Kenyan and affects the people of Kenya, then you can count on us. We will vote based on the needs of our people. We are not here just to represent the party. I want to support this Bill because of a few things that I have seen that I think are good. I will make my reservations based on what I have seen. I think this Bill has done good to cut down on the administrative cost of running counties. That is a good idea because more money will now be relocated to development issues within the counties. When you look at this Bill and that was reflected in the Jubilee manifesto, the Constitution gives us a minimum of 15 per cent when it comes to county allocations. If you look at what the Treasury has allocated, it is about 25 per cent and a conditional grant of about seven per cent. That takes us to about 32 per cent. I think that is a good way to start. We should applaud Jubilee even if they have not reached the 40 per cent that they promised during the campaign. Sometimes you say a lot of things during the campaigns, but sometimes you must be forgiven because you also need to be practical with regard to what is available in our national budget. So, I think 32 per cent is not badly off. I have a few reservations about this Bill. First of all, I see a lot of disconnect between what the Treasury is saying and what the county revenue allocation is reflecting. In fact, that is a betrayal in the statements. You will realize that the Treasury is mentioning that they have consulted with the line Ministries and the Transition Authority. Some figures were not available from the CRA. I believe that the CRA is somewhere in"
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