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    "id": 874072,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/874072/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to state that some of us did exactly the same before we found ourselves sitting in the Chamber here. Without demeaning the position of MCA, I emphasize that we have more than three MCAs in this House who are now Senators. Tomorrow, they could be something else. Therefore, serving in county assembly is a great honour and a great responsibility. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you must have seen public discourse between the officials of Elgeyo-Marakwet County and I. I have a lot of confidence in the current MCAs in my county in terms of looking into the expenditure of our county and ensuring that there is proper accountability. There has been a lot of propaganda and lies that the only money that goes to Elgeyo-Marakwet County is Kshs3.7 billion. However, out of reality, it must be known that the amount of money that goes to Elgeyo-Marakwet County from this Chamber is over Kshs5 billion. Despite the fact that we are giving the county government Kshs3.7 billion in the sharable revenue, we have also passed so many grants to counties from the national level that are dealing with all devolved functions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is important for our counties to appreciate the responsibility of this House when pushing monies to the counties. Secondly, I have heard the officials of my county, just like the officials of other counties, complaining why the Senate does not give the county assemblies enough resources to perform their functions. We sat in this House and when the mandate was given to this House, in so far as allocation to county assemblies, many county governors came with representation and they wanted to cut the money that goes to county assemblies. Their argument was that county assemblies do not need money and there is no development in the county assemblies."
}