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    "id": 1006984,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 78,
        "legal_name": "Cecily Mutitu Mbarire",
        "slug": "cecily-mbarire"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to add my voice to this very important debate. The Mediation Committee did a very good job and, therefore, we support it 100 per cent. Indeed, the spirit of the Constitution is to devolve money to the grassroots, and not to devolve corruption in the way we are seeing. The spirit was to devolve money so that we can have those access roads deep in the villages. I support this Bill. The only reservation I have is the devolution of social services. Our people, people with disabilities are suffering on the ground because when they go to the county governments, they are told their functions are not devolved. They are referred to the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD). You will find that the allocation given to the NCPWD which is approximately Kshs1.7 billion, minus the Kshs1.2 billion for cash transfers for the severely disabled, is only Kshs500 million. The Kshs500 million that is supposed to take care of the very vulnerable members of the society who are 6.5 million is peanuts. As we support this Bill, we tell the governors that they cannot devolve human beings. Persons with disabilities are within the counties, sub-counties and in the Constitution. Article 54 of our Constitution talks of how persons with disabilities will be cushioned in any society. We have also ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Therefore, we should also take care of the vulnerable members of our society as we support this amended form and devolution. I have heard the issues about Jubilee. Jubilee is the Majority Party."
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