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    "id": 750173,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would really like to thank the Mediation Committee for saving us from a disaster. If we had gone away S ine Die without passing this Division of Revenue Bill, it would have really put the people of Kenya in a terrible mess. I want to thank my Chairman, Sen. Billow Kerrow and those who were in that Committee for the good work they have done. Having said that, let me just add something. We, in the Finance, Commerce and Budget Committee had proposed a much higher figure which we did think was really adequate. However, that is the highest we could go under the circumstances. We showed the nation that this Senate really takes the needs of the counties very seriously. I still do not think the amount of money going to the counties is adequate, seeing the amount of money remaining in the national Government and essentially being wasted in a consumptive bureaucracy. I would like to call upon the Twelfth Parliament, when making the Budget, particularly in the National Assembly, to look very carefully at the division of functions in the Fourth Schedule and find out why the functions in the counties, which are related directly to service delivery, are under-budgeted. Agriculture is a major function. If I remember well, the national Government used to pride itself for putting a lot of money in agriculture. That pride should now go to the counties. It is sad that the agricultural sector which is the basis of this economy is progressively under-funded by the national Government. There is no nation on earth that I know of that does not put money in agriculture. The notion that as we become more"
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