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    "content": "Vice-Chairman, my friend the “bull fighter”, Senator for Kakamega County, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, Sen. Elachi and the whole mediation team for doing a very good job. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the nation must be told in no uncertain terms that when we voted for the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, we created a Bicameral Legislature. By virtue of Article 6, there is emphasis on consultation and cooperation that runs through the Constitution. What we are running in this nation is what is called “negotiated democracy.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, it will never be possible in the present and future or at any other moment in this country for one institution, one individual and one entity to dictate to another entity of governance. It must be a situation of give and take. We must sit down as a people to negotiate and agree as to how best we can fund national and county functions. The role of Parliament as a whole has changed to be an institution that must sit down and interrogate proposals from the Executive and the people of Kenya and ensure that they make a decision for the better of this country. Therefore, I commend this Mediation Committee for coming up with a solution. I thank them from moving up from our initial proposal of Kshs7 billion to Kshs3.3 billion. It is also a show of leadership. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in support of this team, I want to tell the nation that I believe our sister House; the National Assembly shall follow suit and all Bills and decisions of this country shall be based on leaders of this country, the two Chambers of Parliament sitting together and making decisions that are for the best interests of the country. I would like to tell the people of Elgeyo-Marakwet that this year we are getting an extra amount of money that will make a difference in our county and which will still serve the people of Kenya. They must know that we, as a Senate, are doing everything possible to ensure that our counties get adequate funding for purposes of serving the people of Kenya and not the stomachs of those who are governing those resources at the county level. I support."
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