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    "id": 423886,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think my new found friend’s amendment is timely, well thought out and therefore I stand here to second it for the simple reason that it will put meaning into what the Constitution calls that a Senator is a representative of the county. That link is very important because the message that has been going around for some time now is as though governors and senators are supposed to operate, distinct from each other. In fact, part of the problem that we are facing now is because from inception as soon as the elections were over, despite the fact that we campaigned with our governors jointly holding hands together, many of them thought that the relationship ended the day elections were over. Therefore, they forgot that the linkage between the Senate and the county government is very important. That linkage is also demonstrated by the manner in which we participate in Division of Revenue Bill and the Allocation of Revenue Bill. It is not supposed to be just an exercise in futility; allocation of revenue is meant for a Senator to transmit the message from his own governor to say “go to Nairobi and make a case for this amount of money for this particular project or go to Nairobi and argue that we need conditional grant for this particular project”. If a Senator can be sent for such important responsibility, a very key responsibility when it comes to management and running of the county, survival of the county, what about just any other message that is going to be passed to this House? I am not just talking about any message because even that message that is being considered under this amendment could be a message that is related to allocation of money. 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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