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    "id": 1065462,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okelo",
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        "legal_name": "Jared Odoyo Okelo",
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    "content": "We know that the end game here is a referendum. I know certain views have been advanced that after this, the document can be taken to the house on the hill and be assented to and it becomes law. That can never be so. That cannot stand. The Kenyan people must have their voices heard through a referendum. Even the naysayers will be heard. It is not so automatic that once it appears before the Kenyan people it must pass. No! Kenyans will be given an opportunity to express their views on this document by way of voting. So, for those who think that this is not in sync with their desires, they can vote no and that is still democratic. Some of us, including myself, who are ardent supporters of this document, will vote yes. Up to now, we believe that we have the majority. That does not mean that we shall side-line the minority. We will hear you. We shall give you another opportunity in the nearest future, as we come up with our second amendment so that those views can also be incorporated. Amendments are always carried out to reorient people’s lives. It is not something that is coming from the blues. These are areas where we have identified. The voluminous Bill has gone in-depth to try to dissect fundamental issues that bedevil this country. One of them is divisive elections. No country can develop if after every five years, they have to be subjected to rounds of violence. No investor, domestic or foreign, will put his capital investment in a country that is staring at violence and destruction of property every five years. That can never be. So, we are trying the much we can, under the circumstances, to fix these emerging issues that would prevent this nation from making rapid flights on its economic progress. We know that with this document, we are on the right path. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, a process must inevitably have supporters and non- supporters and that is why people meet at the ballot to express their views. One fundamental reason why I will strive to support this Bill to the hilt is the mere fact that additional funding will go to our counties. An increase of the sharable revenue from 15 per cent to 35 per cent is a monumental amount of money and it is going to support a lot of devolved functions in the counties. Hospitals will be built and there will be adequate medicines. Roads will be worked on and water will be provided. In my constituency, water is still a problem even though on the flipside, we have flooding every year. If the county government will get additional funds to provide water services, then places like Nyando Constituency will be confined into history books as the status of waterlessness that we eternally have will change. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to suggest to the Senate, the Council of Governors and the other stakeholders, including the Ministry of Devolution, that devolved funds should take the tangent of the NG-CDF funds where money can only be disbursed when they are plugged onto 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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