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    "id": 957212,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/957212/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Rev) Waqo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Naomi Jilo Waqo",
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    "content": "I thank you for allowing me to add my voice to the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. As I have said before, our duty is to protect devolution and stand with the citizens of Kenya. It is unfortunate that we have gone through a tough experience as Senators. However, experience is a good teacher. We have picked some few lessons that when the going gets tough, it is only the tough who can get going. It has taught us that we, Senators, can stand together, tolerate one another and stand with the truth. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is unfortunate that the first quarter of the 2019/2020 Financial Year is gone without much activity happening in the counties. Most of our counties have been hit hard with drought. Many of the counties are suffering as a result of hunger and many other different challenges on the ground. There have been unending ethnic clashes and people have been dying. People suffer when the allocations do not go to the counties. It was good of us to cede ground for the counties to benefit. However, it is a high time for us to sit, reason and strategize so that next year, we will not fall into the same problem. We have had enough. We now need to have a stand and be principled enough so as to support the citizens and not the wishes of the Executive. We should also not be influenced by the National Assembly. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support this Bill. It is my prayer that the counties will be supported soon."
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