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    "id": 468037,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. Coming back to the Bill, my heavy heart is on that constitutional issue. My other heavy heart, Madam Temporary Speaker, is on the fact that we, as a Senate, are not really discharging our constitutional mandate by enacting this Bill. To this extent, Article 202 of the Constitution of Kenya speaks very clearly about the equitable distribution of resources between the two levels of Government. It is very, very eloquent there that our job should be to ensure an equitable distribution of resources between the two levels of Government. Then, Article 190(1) of the Constitution states that:- “Parliament shall by legislation ensure that county governments have adequate support to enable them to perform their functions.” The Parliament referred to here is the Senate. Madam Temporary Speaker, we shall enact this law, but in enacting it, I know for certain that we, as a Parliament, are not giving county governments adequate support by this legislation yet the Constitution requires us to give the counties, through legislation, adequate support. That is why when we succeed in court, we must revisit this issue for 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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