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    "id": 467615,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki",
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Muriuki Ngare",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I hope every Senator will put off their phones. I have put mine off. So, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I find it very unfortunate that we have to deal with this matter at the stage in which we are dealing with it, because for one, passing this Bill as it is, it is as if we, as Senators, are saying that all the work that we had done – to look at what the county governments require – we were wrong. On the other hand, if we do not pass it, it is like stalling the same county governments which we are mandated to support. So, on this basis, my comments are that we must, at this stage now, accept the mistake which came from the Lower House, because that was a mistake. Although it was supported by the Executive, I think somewhere along the way, we must have a chance to review how a Bill like this will be dealt with in future. What has passed has passed. The other item that I would like to talk about, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, is on this issue which the Senator who was here before me talked about; that Mombasa has the highest income or the second highest income--- Whether the income is the highest or the second highest is not the issue. The point here is that we have some counties which have a very, very high income mainly because they were favoured previously. When some Senators say that some areas are marginalized, it is true; there are some areas which were forgotten for a long time."
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