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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "and expect that the National Assembly will perform its responsibility to ensure that our counties are resourced. Lastly, Madam Temporary Speaker, I have seen two arguments being made out there that are very erroneous. I hope that the media and the country is listening. I hate this idea that every time we raise constitutional matters, like the ones we raised today or we fight for resources to go to counties, it is cheapened by the media and debators out there. It is reduced to such a constitutional debate that is so important about division of revenue. It is reduced to an argument about supremacy, of which is an important House and which is not. This issue is more important than who is bigger and stronger, or which is the Upper or the Lower House. Therefore, I hope that our debators, policy makers, and the media out there will locate the right position that they should put in this debate. I hope that they realize that the Senate is pursuing a higher ideal, which is higher than the question of which is the Upper or Lower House, because it is about taking resources to the counties. People must congratulate and appreciate the Senate. Ninety per cent of Senators here do not agree with their governors on how they are managing resources in their counties. They do not agree, as some of them are not in the same political parties as their governors. But we are mature enough to separate our disagreements with governors and the desire of the counties to be properly resourced. We are mature enough to appreciate that resources must first go to the counties before we discuss whether those resources are being used well or not. Madam Temporary Speaker, they do not agree the question of management of resources is a different debate that affects both the national and county governments. We have to first resource the counties properly before we can say they are unable to deliver resources or they are unable to oversight the resources. The Senate must be congratulated for fighting for resources to go to our counties, despite the fact that we have concerns about the management of these resources, and the fact that we are politically in disagreement with most of our governors. That is the proper definition of maturity. Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to move and request the Senate Minority Leader, who is a Senior Counsel and also Petitioner Number 4 in the very important Petition."
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