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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "the CRA agreed with what the Committee on Finance and Budget proposed as the correct figure to be sent to the counties taking into consideration issues like inflation. It is not just a figure that the Committee on Finance and Budget plucked out of the sky and said that we need to send Kshs335 billion to the counties. These are figures that we know are workable. If you read the report that was done by the Committee on Finance and Budget during the consideration of the Budget Policy Statement (BPS), one of the key highlights and the things that we said must be considered before we go to the next division of revenue is determination of what is considered to be national interest. This is an avenue that the national Government has continued to exploit for many years to ensure that the counties are underfunded. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in my opinion and that of many of my colleagues whom I sit with in the Committee on Finance and Budget, national interest varies from one year to the other. Therefore, it cannot be a constant that in each and every particular year, they want to insist on a particular amount or figure as a determination between the national security and all the many things that the national Government continues to use in the determination of this particular issue. I therefore urge and encourage my colleagues that if there has been a moment that we are being called out to stand up for devolution; it is this particular moment. It has got absolutely nothing to do with political parties. It has got absolutely nothing to do with whether we like the Government in power or not but it goes to the very core of whether we believe in devolution or not. Should we back down as warned by so prophetically by the Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Orengo, then we can as well kiss devolution goodbye and be prepared to feature so boldly but in a terrible manner in the annals of history as the House that watched as devolution sank and disappeared out of this Republic. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the interest of time and knowing that many of my colleagues want to contribute, I rest my case with those many remarks and ask my colleagues to stand and stand firm. Thank you."
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