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    "id": 992899,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "The idea of not passing the Appropriation Bill before the Division of Revenue Act is a landmark ruling for me. It gives the Senate the ability to ensure that we negotiate on behalf of counties on a fair play ground. Before, counties suffered while the national Government ran business as usual. Madam Temporary Speaker, if you have a cake that is supposed to be shared between two people, but one person eats it before it is shared, that is unfair. It beats logic to appropriate what you do not have. The Division of Revenue Act is what divides money between counties and the national Government. I hope that the ongoing discussions on referendum and Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) will ensure that the Senate will have the place it deserves. We have three Senior Counsels who have won landmark cases in the Senate. So, deliberations of people of such calibre should not go down the drain in the name of a money Bill without due consideration. For example, there was a County Statistics Bill that was passed in this House in 2018 that would have made a difference on the accountability for counties. The Bill had data to prove whether a dweller of a county is much better or poorer than they were before. Therefore, it would have made a difference in the lives of the people. It would have given them better information on whether to give a governor another chance or send him home. It is not about spending money. Those figures have an impact. If you spend millions, how many people you spend those millions on have moved from below the poverty line to where they have meals on their table? That is the difference. We can table statistics, but that Bill is gathering dust in the National Assembly."
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