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    "id": 437226,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Moi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Kipsiele Towett Moi",
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    "content": "I could not believe it, but I have accepted it with a heavy heart. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is one thing that we all have to accept as a Senate. I thought we should have started with Kshs238 billion. We take it to the National Assembly and let them reject it, then we go to the people. This is because this Kshs238 billion is not going into our individual pockets; it is going to our counties. The National Assembly Members are also members of the counties. Personally, I come from Baringo County, which has six constituencies. I would have liked to see one Member of National Assembly from Baringo who would have opposed it. They are running around asking for funds for hospitals, roads and bursaries. Where do you think the money will come from? They rejected the Kshs238 billion and here they want to allocate Kshs226.66 billion. Again, there will be crisis at the county level because we cannot deliver. My brother Sen. Abu Chiaba said after paying for recurrent expenditure, there is only about Kshs400 million left for his county. In Baringo County, after recurrent expenditure and other expenses, we only have Kshs1 billion left. This is a county comprising six constituencies with nearly 300,000 people. We all understand the geographic terrain in this county. I agree with Members in this House that 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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