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    "id": 909157,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/909157/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. I have seen the mood of the House. It is so sad that the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for National Treasury and Planning has decided to disregard the Constitution. Our position as the Senate is clear that from the baseline of Kshs314 billion, we will not go down further than that. The Mediation Committee came down from Kshs335 to Kshs327 billion. Now that the mediation has collapsed, the Government should be shut down so that we can allocate more money to counties. I have heard the tired line from Members of the National Assembly that the reason counties should not be allocated more money is because there is corruption. That is a very weak line of argument. We must allocate more money to counties. I have seen that out of Kshs3 trillion, they will pay around Kshs800 billion into public debts. According to Article 96 of the Constitution, if we fail in this, there is no need of existence of the Senate in this country because we will have failed in our mandate of protecting and ensuring the interests of counties."
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