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    "id": 607027,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Billow",
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        "legal_name": "Billow Adan Kerrow",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to appreciate the comments made by the Members in the last two weeks. It is a very important Motion because it determines how much your respective counties will get. It is, therefore, a matter that I think that each Senator should pay attention to. When I moved this Motion, I explained each of these criteria in details so that Members can appreciate how it was arrived at. Once we approve this, it will be valid for the next three Financial Years; 2015/2016, 2016/2017 and 2017/2018. The next review is after three financial years. That is a constitutional provision. So, there is no way we can make the review an annual thing because in the Constitution, it is very clear that the formula in the first two reviews, will be after three financial years. From there onwards, the review will be after every five years. We must appreciate that we cannot do it every year. The second point that I want to clarify is that the Constitution is very clear in Article 217(7). It says:- “A resolution under this Article that is approved under clause (5) shall be binding until subsequent resolution has been approved.” In other words, if we delay in approving this year’s new formula because of the timeline, the current formula will continue as far as the Constitution is concerned, which is, in fact, not an improvement. This is a bit of an improvement and we explained it in detail. The third point that I want t o clarify---"
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