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    "id": 643760,
    "url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/643760/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njuki",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1372,
        "legal_name": "Onesmus Muthomi Njuki",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity and the transparency of listing the next five speakers. That is real transparency. I commend you for it. I stand to support the Division of Revenue Bill, 2016. We have to support the devolved units that we created in the Constitution 2010. We will adhere to the guideline you have given. Most of the things have already been said. Unless I have something to add, I do not intend to repeat what my colleagues have said. One of the reasons why we voted for the Constitution to devolve functions and facilities to the counties is to enhance what the Constituencies Development Fund was already doing. One of the reasons why the Constituencies Development Fund is very successful is because we have a board, which we reconstituted the other day, that approves the projects that are supposed to be done by the Constituencies Development Fund. That is why the Constituencies Development Fund has been very successful. It is unfortunate, even as I support this Bill, to realise that because of the blank cheque the county governments have been given, they are the ones who decide how to implement this kitty. There has been a move to mostly use this kitty that they have been given to develop the counties as a political rewarding kitty. There has been indirect competition between the Constituencies Development Fund and the county government. The money we give to the county government should not be for competition with the Constituencies Development Fund. We normally see that if the Constituencies Development Fund has constructed two classrooms in a particular school, the county government constructs other classrooms in the same school. The residents of Kenya who are in the counties were looking forward to a phenomenal change which would have been a gap between the Constituencies Development Fund and what the national Government can provide. We expect that if the Constituencies Development Fund is constructing a school, the county government should be constructing an industrial park to create jobs for the youth. If the Constituencies Development Fund is constructing a marram road, we expect the county government to be constructing three kilometres of tarmac. The county government should not be in competition with the Constituencies Development Fund just to subsidise what it is doing. Looking at the amount of money we are giving to the county governments, it does not make sense for them to be involved in those kinds of dealings. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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