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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Abdirahman",
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        "legal_name": "Abdirahman Ali Hassan",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to contribute to this very important Bill this afternoon. Before I make my first comments, I want to borrow a few words that were used by Sen. Hassan Omar from Mombasa County and qualify them further. It is true Islam does not accept oppression nor does it accept to one to become very weak. This is not in terms of strength, but in terms of further oppression. But it qualifies further by saying that you must be humble, tolerant, accommodative and, above all, serving the community. This is very crucial. As we go about our deliberations, including devolution, we need to consider a number of important aspects that can improve interpersonal relations and our responses in terms of how we mitigate certain issues. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, coming to the core subject, this is a very important Bill that will help us determine allocation of revenue between the national Government and county governments. The finger pointing we saw at our Tuesday Kamjunji and even this afternoon at the start, does not necessarily mean we do not have trust in our Committee of Finance, Commerce and Budget. It is because we wanted them to carry the entire Senate membership on board. I say this because these are matters that seriously affect our counties. It was clearly demonstrated this afternoon when you listened to the contributions from both sides of the House, irrespective of whether one is in Jubilee or in CORD. This is a matter that affects our counties. We are not saying that people should not support it. But we must critic to a level where we are sure tomorrow, in the subsequent years, we do not fall in the same trap we are falling in, year in, year out. 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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