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    "id": 916737,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13179,
        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want those people who will represent us in court to note the provision of Article 203 (1) (a) and (b) of the Constitution. It states as follows: “The following criteria shall be taken account in determining the equitable shares provided for under Article 202 and in all national legislation concerning county government enacted in terms of this Chapter- (a) the national interest (b) any provision that must be made in respect of the public debt and other national obligations” Those people who will be representing us in court must request for an interpretation of those two. What constitutes national interest? What is the ceiling for debt? Unless we are able to establish that, what the National Treasury does every year is to increase the size of the cake of the national interest and also the public debt repayment. Whatever balance is left is shared between the national Government and the counties. We need to get an interpretation of those two by the court because at the Intergovernmental and Budget and Economic Council (IBEC) they tried to get an interpretation of those two, but they have failed to agree. That is one thing we cannot afford to miss. Unless these things are interpreted, the amount of national interest and that of debt repayment will keep increasing and there will be nothing left for counties. That is one of the ways, as my colleagues have said, of killing counties. We have crusaders whose aim is to kill counties and we will not allow them to do so. In my language, we say that if somebody hits you wherever, you are supposed to hit them where the leg bends, so that they cannot move at all. So, we should also ask the court to declare NG-CDG illegal. The court already declared---"
}