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"content": "the leadership of the Senate, the CoG and the President, I knew that the issue of agreeing on how to share revenue amongst counties was going to be a long drawn out battle. I knew that at least if there would be goodwill on their side, they would have given a communication on what is going to happen in our counties in the interim as the Senate tries to find a solution to this particular problem. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let us not lie to the country because the truth of the matter is that someone is trying to blackmail the Senate. Somebody wants the Senate to look bad. That it is us who have starved counties of cash. Do not fall victim to this silly trap and begin to blame Governor Oparanya. He is just an errand boy. The person that we need to ask the right question is the Cabinet Secretary National Treasury. Why has he not released funds to counties? Mr. President, you met the Senate leadership yesterday, why do counties have no money? Those are the people that we need to be asking these questions. This is because the Supreme Court gave an advisory opinion on what happens when there is a stalemate on County Allocation of Revenue Bill such as the issues that is before this House at this particular time. Let us not pussyfoot about these issues, trying to call governors and saying they are thieves. We understand how crooked each of the 47 governors in this country is, but the problem and the issue that is being discussed right now before this House is; we are almost finishing the first quarter of this financial year and counties have not received their monies. Why are we not calling for Cabinet Secretary (CS), Hon. Ukur Yatani to either resign, or do that which is expected of him? I agree with Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. who has said that we must discuss the conduct of CS Ukur Yatani because he is in violation of our Constitution. What he is doing is not lawful. Counties should have received their funds with or without the formula. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if we are genuine in our calls that counties deserve to get the monies that are due to them at this particular day and time, let us have a censure Motion tomorrow tabled by leadership discussing the conduct of the CS for the Ministry of National Treasury and Planning. Let him tell the country what is it that is stopping him from releasing funds that are due to our counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it saddens me to see people want to reduce a very important national issue such as the Sharable Revenue Formula that is before this House and want to play games and political issues about it, yet we know that the reason countries fight or disintegrate is squarely on how you share resources in that particular country. The reason I want to blame the leadership of the Senate is because I want us also to tell Kenyans the truth. The reason this House has not been able to reach a decision is because we have not been presented with an opportunity to vote. This is a democracy. It is a not a monarchy. We do not have to agree on anything. We have solved issues in a democracy after allowing the minority to have their say, the majority must have their way. The truth of the matter is that there are those of us who have caucused. In our thinking, we think we have secured the requisite 24 delegations to support a Sharable Revenue Formula, but the leadership of the Senate has frustrated out efforts to bring a vote on this particular issue in the House. 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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