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    "id": 902782,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/902782/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "I want to urge my good friend, Sen. Murkomen, to whisper to the DP about this issue because he will seek votes from our counties in 2022. We need to see him being in the forefront. When H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta took over in 2013, the budgetary allocation for the National Intelligence Service (NIS) Kenya was a meagre Kshs14 billion. Within a period of four years, the allocation to the NIS has shot up to Kshs36.6 billion. It is all for Recurrent Expenditure and not for any development. How can we deny our counties an increment of just Kshs20 billion, from Kshs314 billion to Kshs335 billion while we are allocating colossal sums of money to the NIS? All this money is just for them to listen to what we are speaking in our counties. We do not pose any threat to this country. When we go to our counties, we are reminding the country about theft that is taking place at both the national and county government level. We do not pose any security risk. The people that need money are those that reside in the counties. Let us call a spade a spade. Madam Temporary Speaker, when we retreat to our counties, we must tell the people who reside there that the enemies of the leaders are the people who sit at the National Assembly. We have performed our duties by proposing that the counties should be supported financially by making a provision of Kshs335 billion. However, they want counties to receive Kshs310 billion. When the old people die because there is no medicine, we will tell them to blame it on their Members of the National Assembly. When we will not be able to do any developments in our counties, we will tell our people to blame the Members of the National Assembly because they are the ones who are denying resources to our counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, water is a devolved function. When we will be unable to provide it to our people or when our aunties, sisters and cousins will be forced to trek several kilometres to collect it from rivers, we will point fingers at the National Assembly. There is no justification in a situation where the National Government is controlling Kshs1.7 trillion and yet one is still arguing that counties should not get Kshs335 billion. It is a shame. Madam Temporary Speaker, I did not get a chance to make a comment on the issue of D+ qualification for primary school teachers. The late Prof. Ali Mazrui was a renowned professor in this country. Prof. Mazrui scored Division Four. However, he moved to the United States of America (USA) to advance his education. He got his first degree, Master‟s Degree and PhD. He became a renowned professor and writer. Why should we deny our children an opportunity to advance themselves simply because they have scored a D+? Madam Temporary Speaker, scoring a D+ does not mean that you should never get a second chance. You do not have to get a formal education to be a great person in this world. George Washington, the first President of the USA, never had any formal education. However, he rose to become a respected President in the USA simply because he was given an environment to pursue his dreams. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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