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    "id": 380851,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki: Mr. Speaker, Sir, before I make my last point, I just want also to assure this House and the country that the President of Kenya, His Excellency, Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta, does not make roadside declarations. I am saying that because some of colleague Senators have tried to directly or indirectly suggest that the declaration or the statement in question was made in a roadside manner. First of all, there was no road or any sidewalk to stand on. The declaration was made in a properly constituted meeting of the Summit which involves the President and all the county governors of the Republic of Kenya. That is just for clarity and for record. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the first reason why I introduced or mentioned the issue of fiscal capacity and efficiency is two-fold and I have explained one side of it. One side is; there are many things that counties and governments are unable to do now because of capacity. The Constitution anticipated--- because you cannot just create counties and assume that they have infrastructure, human resource, experience and expertise to make sure that they deliver all their functions. I am repeating that the Constitution envisages that process to be ongoing. That is why the national government has been given an obligation to ensure that, progressively, counties have fiscal capacities among other types of capacities. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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