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    "id": 372883,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Shebesh",
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        "legal_name": "Rachel Wambui Shebesh",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I really appreciate hon. Junet today because he has raised a very fundamental issue. My 47 colleagues and I, who are county Members of Parliament, sit in a very unique position. We are able to gain the thoughts of the counties much as we sit here as Members of Parliament. I can tell this House that the misinformation on the ground, as pertains to why counties have not started operating, is targeted at the National Assembly yet we have played our role and completed our task. It is about time that this House comes out clearly to say that the reason as to why the counties have not received their money is that the Senate has not done its work. Even as the Senators go round the country, turning Kenyans against Members of the National Assembly, they need to know that we have given the counties 34 per cent of the national Budget, and not the minimum of 15 per cent that is provided for in the Constitution. Hon. Speaker, until the Senate does it work, the county governments will not function. Rather than tie-up the country in the Supreme Court and in other courts, the answer is simply in their execution of their duties. Unfortunately, the Senators, together with the governors, are now telling Kenyans that it is because of the National Assembly that they are unable to execute their role. It is about time we said the truth – that until the"
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