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    "id": 916766,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I have heard my colleague Senators speak with passion this afternoon on the Statements that were made by the Chairman of the Committee on Finance and Budget and also the Senate Majority Leader. It is very important that people understand that the National Assembly and the Senate were a creation of the Constitution. Therefore, the validity, presence or creation followed a process. It is unfortunate that the National Assembly, which has its own structures, including a Legal Department, would not advise their leadership, so that they make informed decisions. When you look at Article 93, the Constitution defines Parliament to mean the National Assembly and The Senate. Therefore, questioning the Senate is just shadowboxing. The National Assembly is trying to shadow-box and make the Senate appear in bad light because they have failed in allocating more funds to the counties. The argument, which my colleagues have alluded to, is that counties are losing money; they are lethargic, there is corruption, and are ethnic Balkans. However, on the tools that the National Assembly have been given; the sacrosanct and divine role to develop the Budget for the national Government--- The Ambassador of the USA was quoted saying that out of the Kshs3 trillion every financial year, the National Government loses up to Kshs800 billion. Therefore, if the National Assembly wants to be fair with everybody, if the argument is about wastage of resources, lethargy, inefficient, ineffective and moribund running of the counties, they should have used the same argument to deny the national Government resources. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we want to tell the country the enemies of devolution – the people who want to claw back clauses and ensure that devolution does not work – is unfortunately our colleagues in the National Assembly. This is because they came down, even after the County Allocation of Revenue Act Regulations, which stipulate that you should not come down before the baseline. They even wanted to allocate Kshs310 billion, yet in the last Financial Year, which we just concluded the other day, the baseline was 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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