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    "content": "my interpretation of the Constitution, is that the county assembly leadership and the governor will refer their issues to the Senate unlike a Member of Parliament here who will even get a caller from a voter in his constituency seeking a bursary. This point must come out clearly. It is not hon. Duale who is saying this; rather it is the Constitution. It should be known that we do not want to chase the media from Parliament. That was poor misreporting. It was said, “Hon. Duale has said that he will teach them a lesson.” I believe in the Constitution. This Report has saved us a lot of conflict especially between us and our distinguished brothers. Finally, the scope of additional borrowing and revenue to cater for these extra Kshs48 billion is not a small matter for the National Treasury. When we provided Kshs210 billion for the counties, the National Treasury decried a deficit of Kshs12 billion. They had to borrow. If we do this Kshs48 billion then it means that we are putting our country into more debt. The National Treasury will have to raise taxes and go into domestic borrowing. This will obviously affect the rate of inflation in our country. Hon. Speaker, Sir, with those many remarks I stand to support and thank the Chairman of the Budget Committee for being forthright and bringing this Report to the House at this crucial moment."
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