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    "id": 922185,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "said that a tiger does not proclaim its tigritude; it pounces. This morning, we pounced. We went to court and made our statement. In less than 10 minutes, the judge said that we had raised a strong and substantive legal issue. We must take the Division of Revenue Bill as it is because there is no other way other than the scientific way through CRA that revenue is divided. We are not engaging with the “Lower House” in games of money or the box whereby we are being told: “We will add you Kshs2 billion or we will add you Kshs4 billion”; on what basis? We have a scientific calculation from the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) that tells us this is what counties must get. Madam Temporary Speaker, more importantly, this country should achieve a very simple thing - I think Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri is one of the architects of this - The Abuja Declaration on Health; that each African country must spend a minimum of 15 per cent of its annual budget on health. We have a budget of Kshs3.1 trillion. We are giving counties Kshs335 billion. Even if they complied with the Abuja Declaration, they will end up spending less than what was recommended by the Abuja Declaration on Health alone because we have Kshs91 billion given to the Ministry of Health that is dealing with 5 per cent of health issues. So, as we deal with this Division of Revenue Act (DORA), I want to tell those who are trying to bastardize the CRA that, woe unto them because they are what you would call total ignoramuses. These people have lost direction, taken leave of their senses and are behaving as if this country belongs to them. This country belongs to the people of Kenya. It does not belong to the Leader of Majority in the Senate; it does not belong to the Leader of Majority in the National Assembly. It belongs to the people of Kenya. We swore to defend and uphold the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya. That is what we did this morning. Thank you."
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