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    "id": 990224,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am a Member of the Committee on Finance and Budget and like everybody else has said, Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud has steered this Committee very well. The Committee has met with the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA), and we have gone through the formula. We have actually had a unanimous view on the formula. So, what we need and I agree with Members who have raised concerns that this is one singular most important constitutional assignment for this House, there is no other. This is a very important assignment because it is the only time that the relevance of this House rises to the highest notch; sharing of revenue. I want to urge my Chair, following what the Senate Majority Leader has said; it is very simple. Erect a dome at the Nyayo Stadium or Moi International Stadium, Kasarani, for the entire Senate to sit and deliberate on this important issue. This can be done very easily or take the entire plenary of Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) or the National Assembly, which accommodates all of us so that, because of the importance of this matter and the constitutional budgetary cycle going on - I would even urge the leadership of the House - that this House can actually sit on Thursday this week and go through the formula. Once we approve it, then we move to CARA. I also share the view that certain counties including mine are not getting a very good deal, hanging on to the old formula. The work has already been done and I must say that CRA has done a very commendable job in bringing a new formula. 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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